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Once I was young, yesterday, perhapsDanced with Jim and Paul and kissed some other chapsOnce I was young, but never was naiveI thought I had a trick or two up my imaginary sleeveAnd now I know I was naiveI didn't know what time it wasThen I met youOh, what a lovely time it wasHow sublime it was too!I didn't know what day it wasThen you held my handWarm like the month of May it wasAnd I'll say it was grandGrand to be alive, to be youngTo be mad, to be yours aloneGrand to see your face, feel your touchHear your voice say I'm all your ownI didn't know what year it wasLife was no prizeI wanted love and here it wasShining out of your eyesSongtexteOnce I was old, twenty years or soRather well preserved, the wrinkles didn't showOnce I was old, but not too old for funI used to hunt for little girls up my imaginary gunBut now I ain't for only oneI'm wise and I know what time it is nowI'm wise and I know what time it is nowI'm so wise and I know what time it is now Aus Songtexte Mania