Yesterday when I was young
Glen Campbell

Yesterday when I was young
The taste of life was sweet like rain upon my tongue
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game
The way an evening breeze would tease a 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 the day
And only now I see how the years have run away

Yesterday when I was young
There were so many songs that waiting to be sung
So many wild pleasures that 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
And I never stopped to think what life was all about
And every conversation that I can recall
Concerned itself with me and nothing else at all

Yesterday the moon was blue
And every crazy day brought something new to do
And 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 so quickly quickly died
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
And only I am left on stage to end the play

Yesterday when I was young
There were so many songs that waiting to be sung
So many wild pleasures lay in store for me
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see
There are so many songs in me that won't be sung
Cause I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue
The time has come for me to pay for yesterday when I was young

昨日当我年轻时
葛伦坎伯

昨日当我年轻时
生命的滋味甜美，如同舌尖上的雨水
我嘲笑人生，笑它是个愚蠢的游戏
用向晚的微风吹调戏烛火的方式
那些我做过的千百个梦想
那些我计划过的冠冕堂皇的事
总是建筑在脆弱而流动的沙土上
我过着夜生活，避开白天的阳光
如今只能眼睁睁看着岁月流逝

昨日当我年轻时
有太多的歌等我去唱
太多狂野的享乐在店里等我
太多的痛苦，我那昏眩的双眼不愿正视
我冲得太快，时光与青春终于消逝
我从不曾停下来思考生命的意义
如今我记得的每一席对话
和我有关的都是一片空白

昨日，有太多的不可能
每个疯狂的日子总有新鲜事要做
我将这段奇幻岁月像魔杖一般耍弄
却看不见未来的荒芜及空虚
在爱情游戏中，我玩弄着狂妄和尊严
我点燃的火焰很快就灰飞烟灭
我结交的朋友们最后都远走他方
只剩我一个人在舞台上独自演完这出戏

昨日当我年轻时
有太多的歌等我去唱
太多狂野的享乐在店里等我
太多的痛苦，我那昏眩的双眼不愿正视
我心里有太多的歌不能唱
只因我尝到了舌尖上泪水的苦涩
时候到了，我得为过往的青涩岁月付出代价........