Текст песни Lena Horne/Gabor Szabo (1968) — 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 happy songs were waiting to be sung,
So many wayward pleasures lay 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, 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.
Yesterday, when I was young,
So many happy songs were waiting to be sung,
So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see,
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Текст песни Lena Horne/Gabor Szabo (1968) — Yesterday When I Was Young повествует о взгляде на жизнь в разные периоды жизни. В песне описывается молодость, исполненная надежд и мечтаний, когда все казалось возможным, как магический возраст, используемый как волшебная палочка. Однако с годами приходит понимание того, как многое ускользает из-под контроля, как многие цели не осуществляются, и как много боли принесли ошибки, совершенные из-за легкомысленности и гордыни. Песня о взвешивании своих поступков, понимании упущенных возможностей и признании того, что пришло время расплачиваться за прошлое. Современный человек может легко отождествиться с эмоциями, изложенными в словах песни Lena Horne/Gabor Szabo (1968) — Yesterday When I Was Young, ведь они остаются актуальными на протяжении всей жизни..