Key: C major
Verse 1
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Once I was young,
yesterday perhaps,
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Danced with Jim and Paul
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and kissed some other chaps.
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Once I was young, but never was naive,
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I thought I had a trick or two
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up my imaginary sleeve.
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And now I know I was na ive.
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didn't know what time it was
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Then I met you
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Oh, what a lovely time it was,
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how sublime it was too.
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I didn't know what day it was,
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you held my hand.
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Warm like the month
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of May it was,
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and I'll say it was grand,
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Grand to be alive, to be young,
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to be mad, to be yours
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alone.
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Grand to see your face, feel your touch,
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hear your voice say
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I'm all your own.
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I didn't know what year it was,
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life was no prize.
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I wanted love
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and here it was shining out
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of your eye s
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I'm wise an d I know what time it is now
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Gran, to be alive, to be young,
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to be mad, to be yours alone.
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Gran, to see your face, feel your touch,
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your own.
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I didn't know what
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year it was.
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Life was no prize.
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I wanted love,
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and here it was shining out
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of your eye s.
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I'm wise, and I know what time it is now.
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You
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