When I Was Young

The Kingston Trio

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The Kingston Trio

The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds. It rose to international popularity, fueled by unprecedented sales of 33⅓ rpm long-playing record albums (LPs), and helped to alter the direction of popular music in the U.S. more »


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1992
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When I was young and dreams were new, 
I loved a girl who looked like you.
I saw her face in mountains stream.
I lingered there and lost myself in dreams.

But we were young and tossed away 
Our precious love along the way.
We parted strangers, thoughtless and free 
And set our hearts to wandering aimlessly.

But looking back, somehow I see 
How seldom love has come to me.
And I confess that now and then 
I think of her remembering when

If I were young and dreams were new, 
I'd love a girl who looked like you. 
I'd hold her close if she'd agree 
To love perhaps a boy who looked like me.

Oh...

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Written by: DAVE GUARD, JANE BOWERS

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