When You Were Young - Del Amitri

Look at the fool you have been

They drained the pool while you drowned in the dream

They bought your beauty and your soul

Then softly sold you back what they stole

So look into the mirror do you recognize someone

Is it who you always hoped you would become

When you were young

When you were young

The disappointment of success

Hangs from your shoulders like a hand me down dress

And down nostalgia’s rocky road

You watch your former lovers growing old

So look into the mirror do you recognize someone

Is it who you always hoped you would become

When you were young

When you were young

Sometimes your lack of sympathy gets hard to explain

(Lack of sympathy)

(To explain)

So on your mask of make up

You just paint a little parody of pain

So I look into the mirror and I recognize someone

It is who you always hoped you would become

When you were young

(Young young young young young)

When you were young

(Young young young young young)

You were young

(Young young young young young)

You were young

(Young young young young young)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Young young young young young)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Young young young young young)

(You were young)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Young young young young young)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Young young young young young)

(You were young)

Da da da da da oh ho

Kijk naar de dwaas die je bent geweest

Ze lieten het zwembad leeglopen terwijl jij verdronk in de droom

Ze kochten je schoonheid en je ziel

Heb je toen zachtjes terugverkocht wat ze hadden gestolen

Dus kijk in de spiegel, herken je iemand?

Is het wie je altijd had gehoopt dat je zou worden?

Toen je nog jong was

Toen je nog jong was

De teleurstelling van succes

Hangt van je schouders als een jurk die ik je kan geven

En over de rotsachtige weg van nostalgie

Je ziet je voormalige geliefden oud worden

Dus kijk in de spiegel, herken je iemand?

Is het wie je altijd had gehoopt dat je zou worden?

Toen je nog jong was

Toen je nog jong was

Soms is je gebrek aan sympathie moeilijk uit te leggen

(Gebrek aan sympathie)

(Uitleggen)

Dus op je make-upmasker

Je schildert gewoon een parodie op pijn

Dus ik kijk in de spiegel en ik herken iemand

Het is wie je altijd had gehoopt dat je zou worden

Toen je nog jong was

(Jong jong jong jong jong)

Toen je nog jong was

(Jong jong jong jong jong)

Je was jong

(Jong jong jong jong jong)

Je was jong

(Jong jong jong jong jong)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Jong jong jong jong jong)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Jong jong jong jong jong)

(Je was jong)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Jong jong jong jong jong)

Da da da da da oh ho

(Jong jong jong jong jong)

(Je was jong)

Da da da da da oh ho