I Remember When I Was Young

Well, I remember when I was young

The world had just begun and I was happy

I used to wonder about the Earth

And how it moved around the sun so snappy

Imagination going wild makes a very backward child

They told me

So back at school I'd sit around

Just waiting for the sound so I could go home

Sometimes I think about it

It happens everyday

I should think of the present

'Cause the present's now

Well, I remember when I was young

How one and threepence got you to the movies

To look tough, we'd light a smoke

And very nearly choke

But we had a real good time

Growing older meant you get

To fly a saber jet

And fight a few wars

So I'd just sit there all day

And let my mind decay something awful

Sometimes I think about it

It happens everyday

I should think of the present

'Cause the present's now

Well, I remember when I was young

I had a secret love who never knew it

Well I do tricks up on my bike

That never turned out right

I always blew it

And the day we had to part

I had a broken heart but couldn't let on

So I spent my holidays

Just thinkin' of the ways I must've gone wrong

Sometimes I think about it

It happens everyday

I should think of the present

'Cause the present's now

Well I remember when I was young

The Beatles turned me on

I really blew my mind

And with Carrie, Jack, and Pam

We'd go and watch a band and have a real good time

Then I heard the black man'd blues

It really blew a fuse inside my head

So with some friends we made a stand

And formed our first blues band

It was a real good thing

Sometimes I think about it

It happens everyday

I should think of the present

'Cause the present's now

Well, I remember when I was young

I remember when I was young

I surely do

Well, I remember when I was young

I remember when I was young

I surely do