When I Was a Boy

JOHN ENTWISTLE

When I was a baby I hadn't a care in the world,
But now I'm a man, my troubles fill my head,
When I was five it was good to be alive,
But now I'm a man, I wish that I were dead.

My how time rushes by,
The moment you're born you start to die,
Time waits for no man,
And your life's spent, it's over before you begin.

As I sit here at my window,
My life comes back to me,
It's been so long since the good days,
It's been so long.

And I count up all the wasted years,
The hopes and the fears,
The laughs and the tears,
And I wonder, I wonder, I wonder what went wrong.

When I was a boy I had the mind of a boy,
But now I'm a man, ain't got no mind at all,
When I was in my teens I had my share of dreams,
But now I'm a man, ain't got no dreams at all.

My how time rushes by,
The moment you're born you start to die,
Time waits for no man,
And your life's spent, it's over before you begin.

As I sit here at my window,
My life comes back to me,
It's been so long since the good days,
It's been so long.

And I count up all the wasted years,
The hopes and the fears,
The laughs and the tears,
And I wonder, I wonder, I wonder what went wrong.

Trivia about the song When I Was a Boy by The Who

On which albums was the song “When I Was a Boy” released by The Who?
The Who released the song on the albums “Who’s Next : Life House” in 1971, “Rarities vol. 1 (1966-1968) / Vol. 2 (1970-1973)” in 1983, “Who's Missing” in 1985, and “Maximum As & Bs” in 2017.
Who composed the song “When I Was a Boy” by The Who?
The song “When I Was a Boy” by The Who was composed by JOHN ENTWISTLE.

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