YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG - J. Katevas (oldies)

Live t.v performance in Australia (1992) with Joan McInnes.

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG
Original French version "Hier Ancore" by:
Charles Aznavour (1964)
English lyrics by:
Herbert Kretzmer

Yesterday when I was young
the taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
I played at life as if it were a foolish game
the way the evening breeze plays with a candle flame

The thousand dreams I dreamed
the splendid things I planned
I always build to last on weak and shifting sands
I lived by night declined the naked light of day
and only now I see the years that ran away

Yesterday when I was young
so many crazy songs were waiting to be sung
so many crazy times that lay in store for me
and so much pain inside my heart refused to see

I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out
I never stopped to think what life was all about
and every conversation that I can now recall
has all to do with me and nothing else at all

Yesterday the moon was blue
and every crazy day brought something new to do
I used my magic age as if it were a wand
and never saw the waste and emptiness beyond

The games of love I played with arrogance and pride
and every flame I lit so quickly-quickly died
the friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
and only I am left on stage to end the play

Yesterday when I was young...

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[TJ054]

I have listened to 10 versions of this tonight and this has been my favorite. Thanks!!

[yianniskatevas]

I'm glad that you like my cover

on this beautiful song

(sorry for my accent, it was years ago hehe..)

[dimitristheprofessor]

Ο Κατέβας είναι πολύ γνωστός από τη δεκαετία του 80 στην Ελλάδα... Σήμερα είναι γνωστός παντού... η ίδια η Ελλάδα πολλές φορές προδίδει τα παιδιά της... και μάλιστα τα πιο άξια...

[dimitristheprofessor]

Τι καταπληκτική φωνή! Τι καταπληκτικό τραγούδι! Η Ελλάδα πρέπει να είναι περήφανη για τέτοιους ανθρώπους...

[swck1]

Beautiful song and sang by a good smoothing voice singer. It sure bring back memories good and bad.

[EALIKI]

Bravo bre Yianni, i fwni sou kateunazei ta pneumata... eisai iperoxos anthrwpos...k paremeines anthrwpos!

[CatherinePantos34]

This is absolutely beautiful.

[magoulianitissa]

Beautiful Mr. Katevas! I love it!

[TJ054]

Yiannis, it still amazes me how much this song by you just reaches into my heart. It is not just a sad song to me but a reflection of how when we/I are young we do not realize what the future holds. That is not always sad, it's a heads up on what to pay attention to. Thanks again

[Scarletface08]

Very nice and so sweet... :)

[rockyonemambo]

hey, he looks like greg brady!

[eltz14]

The time has come for me to pay for yesterday when I was young...

[armavid]

ο τύπος είναι απίστευτος σήμερα τον έμαθα αν και γνώριζα τα τραγούδια