BACK WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
(Tom T. Hall)


Tom T. Hall - 1973





Back when we were young
Ev'rybody came to see us
Ev'rybody wanted to be us
Back when we were young
We loved each other so
All our friends told one another
And we even told each other
Back when we were young

It was laughin' it was dancin' 
It was cigarettes and bourbon flavoured kisses
It was alligator shoes and new blue suits 
And anything that money wishes
It was sittin' up all night and waitin' 
For the dawn to bring another wondrous day
It was holdin' hands and thinkin' 
That tomorrow is a million years away

Back when we were young
Ev'rybody came to see us
Ev'rybody wanted to be us
Back when we were young
We loved each other so
All our friends told one another
And we even told each other
Back when we were young

It was rollin' sevens every time 
And thinkin' it was never ever gonna end
Back then we even thought of time itself 
As bein' something of a passing friend
It was buyin' one another things we didn't need 
And birthdays were so corny
Back then we even had some friends 
Lived as far away as California

Back when we were young






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2012)