When I Was a Young Man

When I was a young man 21 I wrote songs I was on The Sun Unheralded and undone When I was a young man I lived in a house Down a lane It was so beautiful there The times were insane I wrote more songs, and I heard the rain In that house down the lane When I was a young man I didn't know People told me Go man, go That's what they told me Go, go, go When I was a young man Elder brothers I had a few One was named David, and the other was Lou They showed me what it was That I could do David and Lou Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ahhh, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ahhh, yeah Raised by mother Raised by dad Raised by my brother in the harmony that we had I was never lonely, and I was never sad I was never lonely I left home At 21 I didn't go far I followed the sun Making it brighter for everyone I left home at 21 Perceptive girl Of 21 I looked high and low, I found none How fast, can a young man run? Let me tell you there were none Elder brothers They came along There was a new David And there was Tom They bewitched me, In wardrobe and song When I was a young man When I was a young man When I was a young man Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ahhh, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ahhh, yeah Ahhhhh Yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ahhh, yeah