When You Were Young - Del Amitri

Look at the fool you have been

They drained the pool while you drowned in the dream

They bought your beauty and your soul

Then softly sold you back what they stole

So look into the mirror do you recognize someone

Is it who you always hoped you would become

When you were young

When you were young

The disappointment of success

Hangs from your shoulders like a hand me down dress

And down nostalgia’s rocky road

You watch your former lovers growing old

So look into the mirror do you recognize someone

Is it who you always hoped you would become

When you were young

When you were young

Sometimes your lack of sympathy gets hard to explain

(Lack of sympathy)

(To explain)

So on your mask of make up

You just paint a little parody of pain

So I look into the mirror and I recognize someone

It is who you always hoped you would become

When you were young

(Young young young young young)

When you were young

(Young young young young young)

You were young

(Young young young young young)

You were young

(Young young young young young)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Young young young young young)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Young young young young young)

(You were young)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Young young young young young)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Young young young young young)

(You were young)

Da da da da da oh ho