I Remember When I Was Young

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Well I remember when I was young, the world had just begun and I was happy.
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I used to wonder about the earth and how it moved around the sun so snappy.
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Imagination going wild makes a very backward child they told me.
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So back at school I'd sit around just waiting for the sound so I could go home.

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Sometimes I think about it, it happens every day.
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I should think of the present, 'cause the present's now.

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Well I remember when I was young how one and thrippence got ya to the movies.
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To look tough we'd light a smoke and very nearly choke but we had a real good time.
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Growing older meant you'd get to fly a Sabre jet and fight a few wars.
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So I'd just sit there all day and let my mind decay something awful.

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Sometimes I think about it, it happens every day.
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I should think of the present, 'cause the present's now.

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Well I remember when I was young I had a secret love who never knew it.
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Well I'd do tricks upon my bike that never turned out right, I always blew it.
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And the day we had to part, I had a broken heart but couldn't let on.
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So I spent my holidays just thinking of the ways I musta gone wrong.

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Sometimes I think about it, it happens every day.
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I should think of the present, 'cause the present's now.

[Harmonica Solo]
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Well I remember when I was young 'The Beatles' turned me on, I really blew my mind.
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And with Gary, Jack and Pam we'd go and watch a band and have a real good time.
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Then I heard the black man's blues, it really blew a fuse inside my head.
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So with some friends we made a stand and formed our first blues band, it was a real good thing.

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Sometimes I think about it, it happens every day.
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I should think of the present, 'cause the present's now.

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Well I remember when I was young, I remember when I was young, I surely do.
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Well I remember when I was young, I remember when I was young, I surely do.

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