It seems the love I've known has always been The most destructive kind I guess that's why now I feel so old Before my time 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 to last on weak and shifting sand I lived by night and shunned the naked light of the 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 waste 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

Well I remember when I was Young the World had just begun and I was Happy I used to wonder about the Earth and how it moved around the Sun so Snappy Imagination goin wild makes a very backward child they told me So back at school Id sit around just waitin for the Sound so I could go Home Sometimes I think about it It happens every day I should think of the Present cause the Present Now Well I remember when I was young how one and Thripence got ya to the Movies To look Tough we'd Lite a Smoke and very nearly Choke but we had a real good time Growin older Meant you get to fly a saber Jet and fight a few wars So id just sit there all day and let my mind decay somethin awful Sometimes I think about it It happens every day I should think of the Present cause the Present Now Well I remember when I was Young I had a secret love who never knew it Well id do tricks upon my bike that never turned out right I allways blew it And the day we had to part I had a broken heart but couldnt let on So I spent my Holidays just thinkin of the ways I must be goin Wrong Sometimes I think about it It happens every day I should think of the Present cause the Present Now SOLO Well I remember when I was young the Beatles turned me on I really blew my mind And we'd carry Jack and Pam we'd go and watch a band and have a real good time Then I heard the Blackmans blues they really blew a fuse inside my head So with some friends we made a stand and Formed our first Blues Band it was a real good thing Sometimes I think about it It happens every day I should think of the Present cause the Present Now Well I remember when I was Young Well I remember when I was Young I Surely do Well I remember when I was Young Well I remember when I was Young I Surely do

I woke up today surrounded by blackness The small morning sun devoured the process It's always been fun when I get a bit nervous And it's hard to say but I feel a bit weightless The more I admit I feel a bit anxious The more I go on the less I can face this And those rotten things that live in our shadow We walk on the line of death and the gallows And hope that we clear a path we can follow It's the worst damn day (It doesn't hurt that much) Of my life I made a mess today (It doesn't hurt that much) I'm alright (It doesn't hurt that much) When I was young the world it was smaller The cities were vast the buildings were taller I felt really strong my parents seemed stronger But life has a way it showers with greatness Then takes it away those pieces that made us Then teaches you things you'd never imagine We all get the same the memories the burdens The pictures we made they still form a pattern They cautiously say "Does it all matter?" It's the worst damn day (It doesn't hurt that much) Of my life I made a mess today (It doesn't hurt that much) I'm alright (It doesn't hurt that much) It's the worst damn day (It doesn't hurt that much) Of my life I made a mess today (It doesn't hurt that much) I'm alright It's the worst damn day (It doesn't hurt that much) Of my life I made a mess today (It doesn't hurt that much) I'm alright (It doesn't hurt that much) It's the worst damn day (It doesn't hurt that much) Of my life I made a mess today (It doesn't hurt that much) I'm alright

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I saw her today, I saw her face it was a face I love And I knew I had to run away and get down on my knees and pray that they go away Still it begins needles and pins Because of all my pride the tears I gotta hide Oh I thought I was smart I stole her heart Didnt think I do but now I see Shes worse to him than me let her go ahead Take his love instead and one day she will see just how to save me And get down on her knees thats how it begins Shell feel those needles and pins - oh, no - oh, no Why cant I stop and tell myself Im wrong, Im wrong, so wrong Why cant I stand up and tell myself Im strong because I saw her today I saw her face it was a face I love And I knew I had to run away and get down on my knees and pray that they go away Still it begins needles and pins Because of all my pride the tears I gotta hide Hey! needles and pins needles and pins needles and pins