YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG
 
YESTERDAY I SAW THE WORLD IN
A TOTAL DIFFERENT LIGHT ALL
I WAS INTERESTED IN WAS WHAT
WILL I WEAR TONIGHT.

SO BEAUTIFUL WITH LONG BLOND
HAIR, AND SUCH A PRETTY SMILE
I THOUGHT I WOULD LIVE FOR
EVER IN THIS FANTASY WORLD.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT HAPPENS
YOU LEARN FROM DAY TO DAY
THAT LIFE'S NOT A BOWL OF
CHERRY'S TO LIVE WITH EVERY

DAY
YES AS WE GET OLDER AND GO
OUR SEPARATE WAYS. WE LEARN
LIFE IS A STRUGGLE TO DEAL WITH
EVERY DAY

YOU THINK I'LL BE YOUNG FOREVER
SO STAY OUT OF MY WAY. I'M GOING
TO THE TOP AND HAVE EVERY THING
I NEED.

YOU THEN LEARN A LESSON THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS FREE. JUST LOOK
TO GOD HE HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED

challenge for Starlight
yesterday when i was young

Author>>Clara Case ( Deen )

By deeny107

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