Based on a French song by Philippe-Gérard, with English words by Johnny Mercer; Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee recorded it.
The words
A worldly, older man looks back with longing on the innocent days of his youth.
A sophisticated figure who seems to have everything admits he misses the simple pleasures and first loves of his younger years. The song sets the glamour of a grown-up life against memories of a more innocent time, and the memories win. Dylan's slow, rueful reading turns it into a portrait of an old man counting what he gave up.
Words by Johnny Mercer
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The words
A worldly, older man looks back with longing on the innocent days of his youth.
A sophisticated figure who seems to have everything admits he misses the simple pleasures and first loves of his younger years. The song sets the glamour of a grown-up life against memories of a more innocent time, and the memories win. Dylan's slow, rueful reading turns it into a portrait of an old man counting what he gave up.
Words by Johnny Mercer
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