When I Was Young

[Verse 1] The rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard When I was young When I was young I smoked my first cigarette at ten And for girls I had a that yen And I had quite a ball When I was young [Chorus] When I was young it was more important Pain more painful and laughter much louder, yeah When I was young When I was young [Verse 2] I met my first love at thirteen She was brown, and I was pretty green And I learned quite a lot When I was young When I was young [Chorus] When I was young it was more important Pain more painful and laughter much louder, yeah When I was young When I was young [Outro] My faith was so much stronger then I believed in fellow men And I was so much older then When I was young When I was young When I was young When I was young