I used to be young (rewrite 2)

 

I used to be young/ I know you don't believe it/ it may be hard to conceive it/ but it's true/ I always believed/ that tomorrow was coming/ there always was something/ else to do/ but now those days have gone/ and I quickly have moved on/ to the winter of my years/ someday you'll be like me/ and all that you see/ will someday disappear

I used to feel free/ but the joy of being alive/ vanished before my eyes/ and left me blue/ time went so fast/  in the single blink of an eye/ all those years flew by/ I never knew/ now take a look at me/ and all you will see/ are shades of gray growing in my beard/ someday you will be old/ days are short and nights are cold/ memories disappear

I once knew youth/ a long, long time ago/ a time I used to know/ I was just like you/ you stand in my footsteps/ ignoring tomorrow/ time is only ours to borrow/ sad but true/ for me those times have passed/ and I am here at last/ with my body shifting gears/ someday you'll be like me/ and then, my friend, you'll see/ how quickly we all disappear

I used to be young/ I know you don't believe it/ it may be hard to conceive it/ but it's true/ but it's true