Gm Cm Gm
The choice was mine, and mine completely
Eb F Cm
I could've had any prize that I desired
Gm Cm Gm C#
I could've burnt with the splendor of the brightest fire
Eb F# Gm
Or else, or else I could choose time
Gm Cm Gm
Remember I was very young then
Eb F Cm
And a year was forever and a day
Gm Cm Gm C#
So what use could fifty, sixty, seventy be?
Eb F# Gm
I saw the lights, and I was on my way
C#
And how I lived, how they shone
Eb F# Gm
But how soon the lights were gone.