Dm7 G7 Yesterday, when I was young, Cmaj7 Fmaj7 the taste of life was sweet, as rain upon my tongue, Fm E7 I teased at life, as if it were a foolish game, Am E+ A7 the way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame. Dm7 G7 The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned, Cmaj7 Fmaj7 I always built, alas, on weak and shifting sand, Fm E7 I lived by night, and shunned the naked light of day, Am E+ A7 and only now, I see, how the years ran away. Dm7 G7 Yesterday, when I was young, Cmaj7 Fmaj7 so many happy songs were waiting to be sung, Dm7 E7 so many wayward pleasures lay in store for me, Am E+ A7 and so much pain, my dazzled eyes refused to see. Dm7 G7 I ran so fast that time, and youth at last ran out, Cmaj7 Fmaj7 I never stopped to think, what life, was all about, Dm7 E7 and every conversation, I can now recall, Am E+ A7 concerned itself with me, and nothing else at all. Dm7 G7 Yesterday, the moon was blue, Cmaj7 Fmaj7 and every crazy day, brought something new to do, Fm E7 I used my magic age, as if it were a wand, Am E+ A7 and never saw the waste, and emptiness beyond. Dm7 G7 The game of love I played, with arrogance and pride, Cmaj7 Fmaj7 And every flame I lit, too quickly, quickly died, Fm E7 the friends I made, all seemed, somehow, to drift away, Am E+ A7 and only I am left, on stage, to end the play. Dm7 G7 There are so many songs in me, that won't be sung, Cmaj7 Fmaj7 I feel the bitter taste, of tears upon my tongue, Dm7 E7 the time has come for me to pay for yesterday.. Am Dm Am when I was young.
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