Shirley Bassey - Yesterday When I Was Young (1971 Royal Variety)

REMASTERED CLIP - 1971 Royal Variety Performance
Shirley delivers an unique cover to this Charles Aznavour song titled, 'Yesterday When I Was Young'. This song was a hit for both Bassey and Aznavour, which tells someone how good the song really is. Shirley delivers a great rendition of this song at her 1971 Royal Variety Performance.
This song was recorded and released on Shirley's 1970 LP titled, 'Shirley Bassey - Something'. Bassey's UK comeback came in 1970, leading to one of the most successful periods of her career. In this year, she returned to the UK with a record breaking run of performances at the Talk of the Town nightclub. Also in that year, she released the album Something, which showcased a new Bassey style, a shift from traditional pop to more contemporary songs and arrangements
LYRICS:
Yesterday when I was young
The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game
The way the evening breeze may tease the candle flame
A thousand dreams I dreamed
The splendid things I planned
I always built alas on weak and shifting sand
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day
And only now I see how the years ran away
Yesterday when I was young
So many lovely songs were waiting to be sung
So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see
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I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out
I never stopped to think what life was all about
And every conversation I can now recall
Concerned itself with me and nothing else at all
Yesterday the moon was blue
And every crazy day brought something new to do
I used my magic age as if it were a wand
That never saw the waste and emptiness beyond
The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
And every flame I lit too quickly quickly died
The friends I made all seemed somehow drift away
And only I am left on stage to end the play
There are so many songs in me that won't be sung
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue
The time has come for me to pay
For yesterday....
when I was young.....

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Thank You. Love this Song. Love her VOICE❣

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A melhor cantora de todos os tempos!!!

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❤️❤️❤️❤️ the best in the business by far ❤❤❤❤❤🎉

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Effortless

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Never be another like her we are so lucky to be born in her time on earth