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 the day And only now i see how the years ran away. when i was young So many drinking songs were waiting to be sung, So many wayward 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 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 wont 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.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:11:34 +0000
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