When the World Was Young (Ah, the Apple Trees) (Live at Red Hill)

[Verse]

It isn't by chance that I happen to be

A boulevardier, the toast of Paris

And through all the noise and the talk and the smoke

I'm good for a laugh, a drink, or a joke

I go to a room, a party, or ball

"Come sit over here," somebody will call

"A drink for M'sieur, a drink for us all"

But how many times do I stop and recall?

[Chorus]

Ah, the apple trees

Moonlit memories

Where the hammock swung

On our backs we'd lie

Looking at the sky

Till the stars were strung

Only last July

When the world was young

[Verse]

Wherever I go, they call me by name

And that, in itself, is some kind of fame

I'm good for a laugh, a drink, or a game

Wherever I go, they're glad that I came

The life that I live, I like it just fine

There's music and romance and glamour and wine

And beautiful girls, and some of them mine

But often my eyes see a different shine

[Chorus]

Ah, the apple trees

And the hive of bees

Where we once got stung

Summers in Bordeaux

Rowing the bateau

Where the willows hung

Just a dream ago

When the world was young

When the world was young

[Outro]

(Encore), thank you, oh, boy