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Artist: Riot
Canonical path: /riot/when-i-was-young
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When I Was Young
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When I Was Young
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was so much colder then,
My father was a soldier then.
And times were very hard,
When I was young.
I smoked my first cigarette at ten,
the girls (?) since then.
ball
When I was young
When I was young,
it was more important
much louder
When I was young.
I met my first love, at thirteen,
She was brown, and I was pretty green,
And I learned quite a lot,
When I was young.
was so much colder then,
my father was a soldier then.
Times were very hard,
When I was young.
When I was young,
It was more important,
but much louder
When I was young.
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