When You Were Young Lyrics - Hatful Of Rain: The Best Of Del Amitri - Del Amitri

Look at the fool you have been 

They drained the pool while you drowned in the dream 

They bought your beauty and your soul 

Then softly sold you back what they stole 

So look into the mirror, do you recognize someone 

Is it who you always hoped you would become 

When you were young 

When you were young 

The disappointment of success 

Hangs from your shoulders like a hand-me down dress 

And down nostalgia's rocky road 

You watch your former lovers growing old 

So look into the mirror, do you recognize someone 

Is it who you always hoped you would become 

When you were young 

When you were young 

Sometimes your lack of sympathy, gets hard to explain 

So on your mask of make-up 

You just paint a little parody of pain 

So I look into the mirror and I recognize someone 

It is who you always hoped you would become 

When you were young 

When you were young 

When you were young 

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