Years Ago When I Was Younger - Alexander Rybak | English

He wonders, where the gold is there His life, now and then, it feels a little bit strange All the chances, and all his mistakes Well, he wonders, how can he ever make a change? And his friends say, "You're gonna be fine" With all this hard work you put into your life And they told him, "Sometimes it feel the same" But when they do so, man, then you'll just start to sing, hey When I was younger, my momma told me You will find something you love Don't you worry 'bout what other people think When I was younger, my daddy would say Make a sense out of your living Take your time, but give it everything you have She's hopeless, she never felt so low In this dark place, she doesn't know where to go, uh All the downfalls and all the lost thought It doesn't make sense no more, but it goes on and on And her friends say, "Hey, you're gonna be fine" With all this hard work you put into your life, yeah Yeah, they told her, "Sometimes it feel the same" But when they do so, then let go of the pain, yeah, now When I was younger, my momma told me You will find something you love Don't you worry 'bout what other people think When I was younger, my daddy would say Make a sense out of your living Take your time, but give it everything you have When I was younger, my momma told me You will find something you love Don't you worry 'bout what other people think When I was younger, my daddy would say Make a sense out of your living Take your time, but give it everything you have

When I was younger, I used to seek pleasure When I was younger, I used to drink wine Now that I'm older, I'm rockin' the cradle Rockin' a baby, who's always cryin' When I was younger, I used to dress fancy When I was younger, I used to dress fine Now that I'm older, there's no time for dancing No time for wasting on women and wine When I was younger, I told you I love you When I was younger, I said things like that Said I would hold you and love you forever Love you forever and never look back