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when i was young
i thought i was old
i sailed across the sea
to tokyo
i thought there must be more to this world
than we're being told
when you're young
you can afford to be bold
when i was young
i sought
to win a young girl's heart
i chased the girl around a cherry tree
all i ended up winning
was a couple of skinned knees
i thought i was old
i sailed across the sea
to tokyo
i thought there must be more to this world
than we're being told
when you're young
you can afford to be bold
i sought
to win a young girl's heart
i chased the girl around a cherry tree
all i ended up winning
was a couple of skinned knees
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One of the top three songs of Beat Happening of mine:)
I love this song so very much! The melody makes me feel young, twirling my skirt around everything blurry.
I always heard "When you're young you can afford to be bold" as "when you're young you can afford to be old." I like it much better that way.