Was so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard When I was young I smoked my first cigarette at ten The girls (?) since then Ball When I was young When I was young It was more important Much louder 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 Was so much colder then My father was a soldier then Times were very hard When I was young When I was young It was more important But much louder When I was young