Yesterday

DEBELAH L MORGAN, VASSALL GRADINGTON BENFORD

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 g ame,
the way the evening breeze may tease a candle fl ame.
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 the day
and only now I see how the years ran away.

Yesterday when I was young
so many drinking 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.

Trivia about the song Yesterday by Shirley Bassey

On which albums was the song “Yesterday” released by Shirley Bassey?
Shirley Bassey released the song on the albums “New York, New York” in 1986 and “Keep the Music Playing” in 1991.
Who composed the song “Yesterday” by Shirley Bassey?
The song “Yesterday” by Shirley Bassey was composed by DEBELAH L MORGAN, VASSALL GRADINGTON BENFORD.

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