When I Was Younger
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When I Was Younger by Bonny Light Horseman
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Josh KaufmanWrited by
Anaïs Mitchell & Eric D. Johnson & Josh KaufmanAbout
The track’s lyrics reckon with motherhood, maturation, and all of the things polite society doesn’t say out loud using the honeyed voices of Mitchell and Johnson as a conduit for expressing a sentiment of domestic frustration.
When I Was Younger Lyrics
When I was younger I used to seek pleasure
When I was younger I used to drink wine
Now that I’m older I’m rockin a cradle
Rockin a baby who’s always a-cryin
When I was younger I used to dress fancy
When I was younger I used to dress fine
Now that I’m older there’s no time for dancing
No time for wasting on women and wine
Ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh
When I was younger I told you I love ya
When I was younger I said things like that
Said I would hold you and love you forever
Love you forever and never look back
When I Was Younger Q&A
Who wrote When I Was Younger's ?
When I Was Younger was written by Anaïs Mitchell & Eric D. Johnson & Josh Kaufman.
Who produced When I Was Younger's ?
When I Was Younger was produced by Josh Kaufman.
When did Bonny-light-horseman release When I Was Younger?
Bonny-light-horseman released When I Was Younger on Wed Feb 21 2024.
What did Bonny Light Horseman say about "When I Was Younger"?
There’s a whole genre of trad songs with this ‘domestic frustration’ sentiment, like ‘Single Girl Married Girl,’ ‘Wish I Was A Single Girl Again,’ etc. This song is inspired by those, but we wanted to write it as a duet, to tell two sides of a story. We recorded it live, so you can hear coughing, ca...