Comparatives and superlatives

The rooms were so much (1) ______________(cold) then

My father was a soldier then

And times were very hard

When I was young

I smoked my first cigarette at ten

And for girls, I had a bad yen* (yen = a strong desire or inclination)

And I had quite a ball* (to have a ball = to enjoy oneself greatly)

When I was young

When I was young, it was (2) ______________ (important)

Pain (3) ______________ (painful)

Laughter much (4) ______________ (loud)

Yeah, when I was young

When I was young

I met my first love at thirteen

She was brown and I was pretty green

And I learned quite a lot when I was young

When I was young

Chorus

My faith was so much (5) ______________ (strong) then

I believed in fellow men

And I was so much (6) ______________ (old) then

When I was young

When I was young

When I was young