Yesterday When I Was Young - Roy Clark

Yesterday when I was young The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue I teased at 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, alas, 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 drinking song were waiting to be sung So many wayward pleasures laid 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, 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 And 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 Young Young

Somehow, it seems the love I knew Was always the most destructive kind Yesterday when I was young The taste of life was sweet As rain upon my tongue I teased at life as if it were a foolish game The way the evening breeze May tease the 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 time ran away Yesterday when I was young So many lovely songs were waiting to be sung So many wild pleasures lay in store for me And so much pain my 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 that I can now recall Concerned itself with me and nothing else at all The game of love I played with arrogance and pride And every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died The friends I made all somehow seemed to slip away And only now I'm left alone to end the play, yeah Oh, yesterday when I was young So many, many songs were waiting to be sung So many wild pleasures lay in store for me And so much pain my eyes refused to see There are so many songs in me that won't be sung I feel a bitter taste of tears upon my tongue The time has come for me to pay for yesterday When I was young

He wonders, where the gold is there His life, now and then, it feels a little bit strange All the chances, and all his mistakes Well, he wonders, how can he ever make a change? And his friends say, "You're gonna be fine" With all this hard work you put into your life And they told him, "Sometimes it feel the same" But when they do so, man, then you'll just start to sing, hey When I was younger, my momma told me You will find something you love Don't you worry 'bout what other people think When I was younger, my daddy would say Make a sense out of your living Take your time, but give it everything you have She's hopeless, she never felt so low In this dark place, she doesn't know where to go, uh All the downfalls and all the lost thought It doesn't make sense no more, but it goes on and on And her friends say, "Hey, you're gonna be fine" With all this hard work you put into your life, yeah Yeah, they told her, "Sometimes it feel the same" But when they do so, then let go of the pain, yeah, now When I was younger, my momma told me You will find something you love Don't you worry 'bout what other people think When I was younger, my daddy would say Make a sense out of your living Take your time, but give it everything you have When I was younger, my momma told me You will find something you love Don't you worry 'bout what other people think When I was younger, my daddy would say Make a sense out of your living Take your time, but give it everything you have

Yeah She ain't leave when I was broke I used to sit at the trap all day and wait for a phone call She ain't leave when I was broke Juugin and finessin' She ain't leave when I was broke Yeah I had to climb out the sewer Know you looked down but I know where I'm goin' Hold me down Don't ruin my confidence, don't you do it Sometimes I try to be there for you And my plan, it don't go like I want it Watch me roll this dope, watch me Hit the trap and load this gun, watch me She ain't leave when I was broke She ain't leave when I was broke She ain't leave when I was broke One thing that she didn't do She ain't leave when I was broke She ain't leave I don't ever tell her what I go through But how she act, I know she won't I can see you was givin' up And that's what killed me the most Came out the sewer, it's stankin' Go in the booth and I'm blankin' Slept with my tool on the blanket Like I'm the son of Michael All of these haters, they're gettin' spiteful They see my heart has been damaged You see the whip Panoramic You see I made it, you witnessed progression I was talkin' like I knew I was destined I'm a boss and I won't ever regret it Whether you like it, you gotta admit it Then I change up your location Then I pull up in that Wraith Have I fulfilled all your dreams? I gave you checks So you're checkin' it off on your wish list You get Ferraris right now We doin' Cali right now I had to do it I had to climb out the sewer Know you looked down but I know where I'm goin' Hold me down Don't ruin my confidence, don't you do it Sometimes I try to be there for you And my plan, it don't go like I want it Watch me roll this dope, watch me Hit the trap and load this gun, watch me She ain't leave when I was broke She ain't leave when I was broke She ain't leave when I was broke One thing that she didn't do She ain't leave when I was broke She ain't leave I don't ever tell her what I go through But how she act, I know she won't I can see you was givin' up And that's what killed me the most We goin' shoppin' right now I see they're coppin' right now I see they're watchin' right now They didn't know I was just plottin' right now I've been executin' the play for a while Witnessed trappin', baby walk down the aisle I got a few rings on me now Had to change my team and my style You can't intervene on my craft You better turn your back right now Ain't no turnin' back right now I can't let you cramp my style If you ain't blink then you lookin' like an owl Starin' right back 'cause you lookin' like cow You gettin' no sniff, sleepin' with the flowers She understand everything I go through Gutta nigga always I had to climb out the sewer Know you looked down but I know where I'm goin' Hold me down Don't ruin my confidence, don't you do it Sometimes I try to be there for you And my plan, it don't go like I want it Watch me roll this dope, watch me Hit the trap and load this gun, watch me She ain't leave when I was broke She ain't leave when I was broke She ain't leave when I was broke One thing that she didn't do She ain't leave when I was broke She ain't leave I don't ever tell her what I go through But how she act, I know she won't I can see you was givin' up And that's what killed me the most One thing that she didn't do She ain't leave when I was broke She ain't leave when I was broke She ain't leave when I was broke One thing that she didn't do She ain't leave when I was broke

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Startin' from zero, got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far Just across the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs Finally see what it means to be living See, my old man's got a problem He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his Mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said, "somebody's got to take care of him" So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? Still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We go cruisin', entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job So I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way