-5 6 -6 6 -6 6- 6 -7 7 Yesterday when I was young 7 7 -6 6 -6 6 6 6 6 6 7 -6 The taste of love was sweet as rain upon my tongue 6 -6 6 -6 6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -6 6 I teased at life as if it were a foolish game -5 6 -5 6 -5 5 5 5 5 5 -5 6 The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame 6 6 6 -5 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned 7 7 -7 7 -6 6 6 6 6 7 -6 I always built to last on weak and shifting sand -6 -6 6 -6 6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -6 6 I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day 6 6 -5 6 -5 5 5 5 5 5 -5 6 And only now I see how the years ran away -6 7 -7 -8 -8 9 -9 Yesterday when I was young -8 -9 -8 -9 -8 8 8 8 8 8 -9 -8 So many happy songs were waiting to be sung -8 -8 8 -8 8 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -8 8’ So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me -7 8 -7 8 -7 7 7 7 7 7 -7 8 And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see 7 7 7 -6 7 -7 -7 -7 -7 8 -8 I ran so fast that time and youth, at last, ran out 8 8 -8 8 -7 7 7 7 7 8 -7 I never stopped to think what life was all about -7 -7 7 -7 7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 And ev'ry conversation I can now recall 7 7 -6 7 -6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 7 Concerned itself with me, and nothing else at all -5 6 -6 6 -6 6- 6 -7 7 Yesterday the moon was blue 7 7 -6 6 -6 6 6 6 6 6 7 -6 And ev'ry crazy day brought something new to do 6 -6 6 -6 6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -6 6 I used my magic age as if it were a wand 6 6 -5 6 -5 5 5 5 5 5 -5 6 And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond 7 7 7 -7 7 -7 -7 -7 -7 8 -8 The game of love I played with arrogance and pride -8 -8 -7 -8 -7 8 8 7 8 -9 -8 And ev'ry flame I lit too quickly, quickly died -7 -7 7 -7 7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -8 8’ The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away -7 7 -7 7 -6 6 6 6 -5 5 -5 5 And only I am left on stage to end the play 6 6 6 -5 6 -6 6- 6- -7 7 There are so many songs in me that won't be sung 7 7 -7 7 -7 7 7 7 -7 7 I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue 5 -5 5 -5 5 -4 The time has come for me to pay for yesterday -5 -4 3 -3 When I was young