When I Was Young Lyrics - Kingston Trio

When I was young and dreams were new, 

I loved a girl who looked like you. 

I saw her face in mountains stream. 

I lingered there and lost myself in dreams. 

But we were young and tossed away 

Our precious love along the way. 

We parted strangers, thoughtless and free 

And set our hearts to wandering aimlessly. 

But looking back, somehow I see 

How seldom love has come to me. 

And I confess that now and then 

I think of her remembering when 

If I were young and dreams were new, 

I'd love a girl who looked like you. 

I'd hold her close if she'd agree 

To love perhaps a boy who looked like me.