When I Was Young Lyrics - Dave Brubeck

'The rooms were so much colder then 

My father was a soldier then 

And times were very hard 

When I was young 

I smoked my first cigarette at ten 

And for girls, I had a bad yen 

And I had quite a ball 

When I was young 

When I was young, it was more important 

Pain more painful 

Laughter much louder 

Yeah, when I was young 

When I was young 

I met my first love at thirteen 

She was brown and I was pretty green 

And I learned quite a lot when I was young 

When I was young 

When I was young 

Pain more painful 

Laughter much louder 

Yeah, when I was young 

When I was young 

My faith was so much stronger then 

I believed in fellow man 

And I was so much older then 

When I was young 

When I was young 

When I was young