The song Send in the Clowns is performed by Shirley Bassey in the album named Finest Collection in the year 2004 .
Yesterday When I Was Young
Herbert Kretzmer
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 g ame,
the way the evening breeze may tease a candle fl ame.
The 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 the day
and only now I see how the years ran away.
Yesterday when I was young
so many drinking 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.
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 itwere a wand
and never saw the waste and emptiness beyond.
The g ame of love I played with arrogance and pride
and every flame I lit too quickly quickly died.
The friedns I made all seemed somehow to 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.
Shirley Bassey - Finest Collection
- Somewhere
- Moon River
- People
- Lady Is a Tramp
- Send in the Clowns
- And I Love You So
- Starlight Express
- You Made Me Love You
- As Time Goes By
- Softly as I Leave You
- Alone Again (Naturally)
- Can't Take My Eyes off You
- First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- Killing Me Softly With His Song
- Fools Rush In
- Tonight
- Macavity
- Memory
- Shadow of Your Smile
- No Regrets