When I Was Young

Loneliness lives in my house

There it rests under the covers

Brokenness fills in my home

Drives a wedge right through my family... there she weeps.

When I was young every day was so pretty

I could sing, I could laugh at the things that made me cry

Now that I'm old, and my life's not so pretty

I look back, I look down, on my heart a shadow lies.

Now we've come to this

I must always take your part

When I was young, I thought life was so pretty

I could sing, I could laugh, at the things that made me cry

Now I'm too old, full of hate and self pity

I look back, I look down, on my heart a shadow lies.

Now we've come to this

I must always take your part

When I was young

I used to think I'd be somebody

I used to laugh

I used to sing

I used to hope

Now I'm too old, and life's slipped through my fingers

I don't laugh anymore

I don't sing

All I do is cry.

When I was young every day was so pretty

I could sing, I could laugh at the things that made me cry

Now that I'm old, and my life's not so pretty

I look back, I look down, on my heart a shadow lies.

Now we've come to this

I must always take your part