Yesterday_when_i_was_young
Sam_Hui
Time_Of_The_Season
Pi_Of_Light
Yesterday  when  i  was  young
the  taste  of  life  was  sweet
as  rain  upon  my  tongue
i  teased  at  life  as  if  it  were  a  foolish  game
the  way  the  evening  breeze
may  tease  a  candle  flame
the  thousand  dreams  i  dreamed
the  splendid  things  i  planned
i  always  built  alas
on  weak  and  shifting  sand
i  lived  by  night  and  shunned
the  naked  light  of  day
and  only  now  i  see
how  the  years  ran  away
yesterday  when  i  was  young
so  many  happy  songs
were  waiting  to  be  sung
so  many  wild  pleasures
lay  in  store  for  me
and  so  much  pain  my  dazzled  eyes
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
i  can  now  recall
concerned  itself  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  worst
and  the  emptiness  beyond
the  game  of  love  i  played
with  arrogance  and  pride
and  every  flame  i  lit
too  quickly  quickly  died
the  friends  i  made  all  seemed
somehow  to  drift  away
and  only  i  am  left
on  stage  to  end  the  play
there  are  so  many  songs
in  me  that  won't  be  sung
i  feel  the  bitter  taste
of  tears  upon  my  tongue
the  time  has  come  for  me  to  pay
for  yesterday
when  i  was  young