Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Willie Nelson
Performer
Buddy Cannon
Background Vocals
Chad Cromwell
Drums
Kevin "Swine" Grantt
Bass
Mike Johnson
Steel Guitar
Catherine Marx
Piano
Larry Paxton
Bass
Mickey Raphael
Harmonica
Bobby Terry
Acoustic Guitar
Lonnie Wilson
Drums
Melonie Cannon
Background Vocals
Ward Davis
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Charles Aznavour
Composer
Herbert Kretzmer
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Buddy Cannon
Producer
Lyrics
Yesterday, when I was young
The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
A tease of 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 to last on weak and shifting sand
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day
And only now I see how the years ran away
Yesterday, when I was young
So many happy songs were waiting to be sung
So many wild 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
I 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 won't 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
Writer(s): Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer
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