When I was young

Eric Burdon & The Animals



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 hall.

When I was young.



When I was young it was more important.

Pain more painful, the laughter much louder, yeah.

When I was young.



When I was young.

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.



When I was young it was more important.

Pain more painful, laughter much louder, yeah.

When I was young.



When I was young.

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.

When I was young.