When the World was Young

[Verse 1]
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It isn't by chance I happen to be
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a boulevardier, the toast of Paris
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For over the noise, the talk and the smoke
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I'm good for a laugh, a drink or a joke
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I walk in a room, a party or ball
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"Come sit over here," somebody will call
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"A drink for M'sieur, a drink for us all”
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but how many times I stop and recall?
 
 
[Chorus 1]
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Ah, the apple trees, blossoms in the breeze
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That we walked among
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Lying in the hay, games we used to play
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While the rounds were sung
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Only yesterday when the world was young
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Wherever I go, they mention my name
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and that in itself, is some sort of fame
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"Come by for a drink, we're having a game”.
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Wherever I go, I'm glad that I came
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The talk is quite gay, the company's fine.
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There's laughter and lights, and glamour and wine
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And beautiful girls and some of them mine
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But often my eyes see a different shine
 
 
[Chorus 2]
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Ah, the apple trees. Sunlit memories
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Where the hammock swung
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On our backs we'd lie, looking at the sky
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'til the stars were strung
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Only last July, when the world was young