That was me who commented five years ago. Nothing has changed, still love the music and the man who made the song come alive. Turned 73 last Nov. Say a prayer i answer this same text five years from now! God Bless us all!
I stayed with my father for two months before he died at 93 years old. He listened to this over and over while I made breakfast. I never asked him why he listened to this or what it meant to him. I guess I thought I knew. I didn't. Now here I am, three years later, listenng to it over and over. Miss you Dad.😊
I'm almost 70 years old and walking with Jesus for almost 40 years and this song summarizes what my life was like before I met my Lord Savior oh how I wasted my youth and now I'm to old
I turned 68 last week! I still get tears when listening to this song! Yes, time goes by fast and I'm sure we all regret looking back and thinking about "what could have been", yet we can't bear the thought! That's why great musicians like Roy Clark can come back at sometime into our lives and make us realize what we lost! God Bless Him!
I am half you're age but all my friends were closer to you're age when I was a child. One of witch shares the name with Mr.Clark. This song always brings me back to the times they planted the seeds in my head. I thank God for the time I got to share with them and I owe who I am to them all.
I will turn 69 in another few weeks, and I share your emotions about this fantastic song, Tony. Roy Clark had a great and unique voice and he was without a doubt one of the absolutely best guitar pickers to ever grace the C&W music industry. Two of my other favorites that Roy Clark did was the song 'Right or Left at Oak Street; and 'The Tips of My Fingers'. And, then 'Thank God and Greyhound You're Gone' which I am sure is a favorite for all guys who married the wrong woman.
I had tears falling from my eyes as soon as I heard this beautiful song. I'm 59 and have had many wonderful experiences but others I wish I could have a do over on. I just have to work hard to make sure the rest of my life is better. I sense my parents crying for me because they want my life to be better too.
If only young people would really listen to these lyrics. I am now 82 years old. How I wish I had listened and paid more attention to them yesterday, when I was young. My youth is gone, never to return. I loved this song when I was young and understand and love it more today. RIP Roy Clark.
I'm almost 64yrs old, and this was me for a lot of years. I wasted so much time, in foolishness. But I thank God the last 20yrs have been great. If your a young man listening to this song, and are not living right, give it a to God.
I’m 59 now. I have left everything that loves me or it left me. I can’t find another song. I am not in good health and have been saying my entire life that I have time. Well here I am almost done with my life and wishing I could have any part of it again. If your reading this don’t hesitate live your life and love unconditionally. Life goes by in less than a second. Your children are to busy and your home alone listening to your entire life in songs instead. Love a lot. I wish all happiness and love
Jesus is the God who has forgiven us, hi he is the God who heals broken hearts, yes he loves us unconditionally, he is the God of second chance , call on him friend
All of us have to meet certain conditions to cause anyone or someone to love us please read Psalms 11;5 also God himself said he hated Esau but love Jacob @@jerryosullivan4166
The wisdom you obviously have to impart, shame you don't have a RUclips channel/book to share it w us, who cld use it. You lived your youth through a better time. God bless you Anthony. ❤🙏
Roy Clark was a national treasure. I think he was underappreciated. not many knew how much of a master he was musical instruments. Had such a great voice to and sing so many great songs such as this one.
Every person in the twilight of their years should listen to this and I'm certain that most of us will be moved by the words and the singer. I've always liked this song but now in my 70s, I realise how it now brings out the emotion in me and brings tears to my eyes. I've told my wife to play this at my funeral...many years from now I hope.
A masterpiece... absolute unreal how profound this is. I am 64, and believe you me, thank you Jesus, I have NO regrets for I have lived an epic life with Army, Living overseas and best man ever I married. But I know so many people that live in PURE regret.. .for how they lived their younger day. At 18 < I went in Army and... with great parents... was grounded for life!
I hear this song and can't help but think....... this is me... my life. What was given to me by God... I wasted and threw away. I turned 70 last October and I can surly relate to this song. It is sadly beautiful...
I first heard this song when Clark performed it at Mickey Mantle's funeral, which was televised. This song was Mantle's last request so that it might serve as a warning to his fans who might be potentially drinking themselves into an early grave like he ended up doing.
Alexei Cogan Wow, I'd never heard that concerning Mantle's funeral. Very touching, sad in a way, very appropriate for Mantle too. This song is a killer. I first heard this when I was about 9 or 10 and it always remained with me... something about it, very beautiful.
liz326522 It is a powerful song and he does a fine job . I always thought he was a better entertainer who should have been more widely accepted. When I think of country music stars.... he's right up there.
Herb Houston Yes, totally agree with you. He should have been more widely accepted, such a talented man. A beautiful master on the guitar and a lovely, soothing voice... a terrific entertainer.
I was 10 when this came out and even at that tender age, I intuitively knew these words would come back to haunt me 50 years later. I would suppose others had that same uneasy feeling too...
Being 52 I so wish I had known Jesus as my savior as a child. But this song makes me realize I had to go through the trials and tribulations in my life. To greatly appreciate the love he has for me. And how time slips away. Until we reach our final destination. Love and embrace youth. It's gone in the blink of an eye.
Its so weird when I was a kid I heard this song a million times and never heard the words. Last week I heard this song again and for me it is at the same time the saddest and most beautiful song Ive ever heard. Does anybody else feel that way??
I've listened to every version of this I can find. Including Willie and other GREAT singers. But as first i'm concerned NOBODY brings the raw emotions of sorrow ,and hopelessness to the song that he does !
One of the most heartbreaking songs ever recorded! I believe every human being on the planet that reaches upper middle age and beyond can relate to this song on some level. As George Bernard Shaw stated so eloquently----"What a tragedy it is that youth is wasted on the young!" This song captures that sentiment to perfection---unforgettable!!
It truly is wasted on the young. These lyrics are so painfully poignant, especially those who have lived long enough to have experienced the harsh reality of it.
You are so right. I have never been able to listen to this beautiful song without tears flowing. It reminds me of my grandparents and makes me miss them even more than usual. I remember listening to this Roy Clark 8 Track every time we would go anywhere in their gorgeous 1974 cranberry colored Cadillac (w/ white leather interior). I remember watching Hee Haw with them too after dinner and then going to the video arcade after. Roy Clark looks so much like my father that they could have been twins,: Same hair color, sideburns, cheeks, nose...dad was a big man and wore bib overalls all the time. And they both had the bluest eyes!
So this was one of my grandfather’s favorite songs, and he used to play it on RUclips for me, and make me listen to the words which he told me would become more and more understandable as the years of my life went by and aged, and boy as usual, he was right! This man was always trying to teach me valuable life lessons, and then still trying to teach me even when I wasn’t realizing he was, and now, every time I hear this besides crying tears from missing him, I reflect on his wisdom and the wisdom of Roy Clark’s beautiful masterpiece!!! My two favorite lines in the song are “I used my magic age as if it were a wand & never saw the waste and emptiness beyond” and “The friends I made all seemed some how to drift away, and only I am left on stage to end the play,” like wow, so incredibly true, because when we were young we think we’re invincible, and we can do anything, and so many “friends“ never stick around they leave so easily, and forget you and your left wondering what the hell…….. My grandfather passed away in 2020 of cancer that he beat and fought for over 17 years and I love and miss that man more than life itself! R.I.P. Grandpa 😢❤😘
So many of us lived are lives in this song . Some of the talented stars sing this , but none sing it like Roy Clark . If you are lucky enough to seek out a better way when you come to realize this you will know and be forgiven and you also must forgive . Give as much of your time knowing your saviour . U Tube has a great teacher in Arnold Murray and you will be thankful and blessed in knowing the King of Kings and Lord of Lords . Good Luck to you .
Even back then I loved and really listened to this beautiful song. Now that I'm old I love it even more . Brings back memories of my life ,my family and friends some of which are now gone. To this day it still makes me sad and happy. Thankyou Roy may you test.in peace
Charles Aznavour ? I normally prefer any song when it's sung by the original writer, he knows exactly what the words mean, what the meaning is behind the words. NOTE that the title correctly is "Yesterday, when I was young".
For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness. The 13th Warrior
Roy Clark , You are legend. I'm about to hit 63. Have 3 wonderful children. Shure I've made mistakes but that's life, wouldn't change it for any thing. 🙂🙂🙂
heard this song when I was young never payed attention to It caused I grew up In the Hood and usually listen to old school R/B and rap but this songs tells my life story? at 50 now and single only a couple of friends and no family...SAD....How I got here the Fast Life.....
The meaning of this song is hidden from the young; To them it is simply incomprehensible. However, as the years drift by, the meanings will become clearer and clearer until it comes into sharp focus later in life. Then, and only then will they really appreciate it for the magnificent song that it is. This will repeat itself with each generation. Such is life.
Steven Mccallan You are an observant being to see that truth you describe. Yes that will be what awaits many of those youngsters that boldly flaunt themselves today. Much luck on your journey to the obvious destination of all of us.
Steven Mccallan Well put! I remember hearing this as a kid, either in the late seventies or early eighties. My brother had it on 8-track and my father had the sheet music. I actually have that sheet music now. I always liked the song when I was little. I of course never understood the song other than what was plain to see. You have to live it to understand it as with a lot of things. I'll be 40 in a couple months and well, I might as well be 80. Anyway, it's a great song and I haven't heard it in many, many years. Thanks for posting, Wilson (Who btw is my idol since I was 5... BW). I've been thinking a lot about Glen Campbell over the last year and the aggression of his Alzheimer's and have been revisiting a lot of his music and stumbled upon this. Thanks for the memories guys.
To me, there is no cover of this song done by anyone that can match the heart broken feelings expressed by Roy in this masterpiece. So many of us listen to Roy singing this and feel as though it was written directly for us and about our lives and the precious years we lost which can never be replaced.
And so, Roy went HOME today! And so his worst day turned out to be his very BEST one - EVER! And now he has eternity to come, to make beautiful music in the House of the Lord! And I'm quite certain he and Glen will forever be making quite the joyful noise, with their amazing and now never-ending duets!
Oh my goodness! There are others whom try to sing this but there is NO comparison. I would choose Mr Roy Clark to sing this beautiful and sad song. It's too late for us older folks but I wish younger people would truly listen to this song sung by the only person whom sings it so beautifully. No one else can touch this song. This is his and his only song. It touches me deeply because it's so true
As a 13 year old kid when i heard this song, i felt all of life's heartaches and mistakes through Roy Clark's voice and now at 50 I know what he meant, I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue.
69 was a great year; I met the love of my life, I was on top of the world! But in the spring of 70 it all came crashing in. She was going to away to college and she didn't want to be tied down and told me we were through... I survived, but never really recovered.
I was 15 when I first heard this song and I used it a guiding light. Life went by and I lived each day as it was my last day on this on this earth. Now at 67 years of age, I still live the same way and I am truly thankful for this song.
R.I.P Roy Clark. Now that I'm retired and look back on my years, this song brings an ache to my heart. Oh that today's youth would learn not to waste their time here.
And young people, dont waste your heart...your love. Never, ever miss an opportunity to love, to smile, to embrace. You will never get that moment back.
Now that I'm in my late 60s, I find that one of the things that saddens me is that I can't share all the fantastic songs that accompanied me through life. I want people to hear what I heard...and feel what I felt. It boils down to this: my life was amazing...life is amazing...and I am only beginning to see how amazing it was for me now that I'm older and can reflect on the years gone by and the words to songs as beautiful as this. God filled my life with wonderful music, all types of people, experiences, emotions...and continues to do so. Thank you LORD for the gift of life. I am blown away by what I now see...and by how awesome you are.
@@rdoodoo2021this song; Wildfire by Michael Murphy; One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey & Boyz To Men (played at my little brother's funeral); Unbreak My Heart by Toni Braxton; At This Moment by Billy Vera and the Beaters; and Teen Angel by Mark Dinning are probably the top tear jerker songs for me. I love every one of them.
I cry everytime I listen to this song...decades ago, I loved this song..now I'm alot older, I can relate to the words and there really is alot of pain and regret..I cannot change my past..😥
62 years old and Yesterday I was young. Time flies except when we're young and foolish. This song captures so much universal truths in both words and how it is sung!
One of the most beautiful songs ever written and of course immortalized for us Americans by Roy Clark in 1969. I've always loved that song. Roy sang that at Mickey Mantle's funeral per Mickey's request.
Wait until you're in your 60s and you realize that making more plans is fruitless. When you potentially have just a few years left the biggest plan is how you'll get through those years
I grew up with Roy Clark and Buck Owens. Great musicians and performers. I still have much of their vinyl from my dad, and other places I pick it up. This song says so much. Don't waste your life. RIP Roy.
Roy Clark was an under rated treasure in the field of show business. "Yesterday" a beautiful piece of music, will be forever his trademark. I always felt he should have been as big in show business as he was in talent, charm and class !!
Roy Clark say this at Mickey Mantle's funeral. Him and Mantle had a joking promise bet who ever died first the other would sing this song at their funeral. When Mickey Mantle was when the hospital and found out he only had 3 to 7 days more to live. He calmly looked at everybody and said "Someone better call Roy and tell him". Roy Clark said singing this song at Mickey Mantle's funeral was the hardest thing he ever had to do but a promise is a promise.
I just woke up from a dream with this song playing in my mind. I was in the house where my wife & I raised out two daughters. She was in our older daughter's bedroom, who was about eight at the time. This song came on, & my wife came out of the room. She even looked as she did back then. We simply came together & began to sway to this song, as it was our favorite song while we were courting. We just smiled & enjoyed the experience. Upon waking, I had to hear this song while the experience was still fresh. From all the wonderful comments, I see that she & I weren't the only ones touched by this beautiful composition. My companion, who she got for me four years before passing, lays at my feet as I type this.
Stop it, the picture your words created is beautiful. So sorry you did not stay there with her in that moment. Love, the hearts friend and foe. Nice your four legged friend lay at your feet when you woke. Take care amigo...
Aznavour, Roy Clark, Dusty Springfield, 3 interprétations géniales de cette chanson. Un regard déchiré, nostalgique sur le temps qui passe trop vite, les espoirs déçus et les amours mortes....Bravo
One of the most profound, truest heart felt songs ever written. There is always a price to pay for a wasted youth. Which in some ways we are all guilty of.!
Ron Willis thanks for ending your statment like that agreed youth is made for good times and not taking seriously. cause after its gone as my dear parents use to say its all dog eat dog
I used to play this song performed by Roy Clark on WLIZ-AM, LAKE WORTH, FL. I once caught my Father listening to this, and he was crying his eyes out. I "sort of understood." Now, all these years later I TRULY UNDERSTAND, and cannot keep myself from crying MY eyes out. Rest In Peace, Dad and Roy Clark.
+Zeds Dead Baby If I deleted any comments, i didn't mean to. But I have a question - what do you mean by original version? Roy Clark is the original singer.
+Zeds Dead Baby I apologize Zeds, until I sat and read a lot of these comments, I didn't know someone else had sung this song before Roy.Clark. I've only heard it by Roy and can't imagine anybody else doing it justice. I'm going to see if I can find the other version(s) and listen to it.
+Zeds Dead Baby I found it on RUclips last night and listened to it. But personally, I have to say I like Roy Clark better and that may just be because I've always heard it by Roy Clark.
I woke up 2 days ago with this song in my head. The first time I went to play it I started crying so hard I had to stop. I did listen to it the second time. Beautiful and tragic.
Such a beautiful song sung by a guy with a rich voice, I loved watching Roy Clark on Hee Haw and then sing a song in all seriousness. It’s sad that he’s no longer with us.
Rip, Roy.. .i'm so thankful that God saw fit to bless us with you for the time with and the memories that we had of you. It seems like just yesterday that you were young
This is another song I used to play on Radio here in South Florida. One day, while at Home, this song was playing on my radio station. I saw my Father crying as it played. I didn't really understand WHY. Now, 41+ years later, I KNOW WHY. Now, I CRY.
I remember when I was young, 20 yrs old, I was stationed in Spain. I listened to this song on a Spanish radio station that played oldies. This song made me think of mortality even at that age. I felt old before my time.
A lady was commenting that she doesn’t know how 180 people would just like this song some people don’t understand that the beauty of music is not only happy music but deep sad music can be very meaningful too and beautiful drought time torch songs were always very popular this is one of the great ones I’m sure it’s Roy Clark’s greatest achievement
No Regrets, I'm 71, and embraced every opportunity offered, which meant I moved 10 times. Now Bankrupt, I am rich in memories. They should write a song about this. I guess they did, - My Way!
Im only 35 but as if i lived that life in sixties,,i feel the intense nostalgia..i think i can connect with the time and this song truely makes you feel emotional... how we came from those lovely musics to this shallow today...shame on media politicians who always bring something new to sell and inflict all generations with a dictated taste of new music.. see we need to go back to sixties and even fifties... those where times that real music was made
I would cry when I would hear it I was 14 remember how wonderful it was when I was 7.It is always the perspective of time. Roy Clark transferred the hearts longing for the memories and happiness of yesterday.
Over 100 years ago, George Bernard Shaw said "The trouble with youth is that it's wasted on the young". This song lays the naked & brutal truth to those words. I always felt a great companion song to this was Sinatra's "It was a very good year" which came out about the same time in the late 60's. Both songs remain near & dear to me 50 years after I first heard them. So superbly done, that I won't listen to any other singer attempt either one. THAT gets awful personal!
I was born in 1950 and never became a big Sinatra fan. I have heard and seen him on tv and in movies. I liked his sixties hits quite a lot. But, i can't help but wonder how Roy would sound singing "It was a very good Year.">
interesting point about Sinatra's song....though his celebrates his past life. While Roy Clark's is full of regret. Hopefully, for many people, life is someplace in the middle.
@@SuperSojourn me too about Sinatra....to us, he was an Old Man...and yet, his '60s hits were played on our rock and roll stations....!....His "That's Life" is great, among others.
Not really, the music was Charles Aznavour's "Hier Encore" and the English lyrics were written by Herbert Kretzmer which, whilst maintaining the "sense" of the original French lyrics, were substantially different. However that is splitting hairs, for all intents and purposes the song was, indeed, Charles Aznavour's. Subsequently pinched by Ahmet Kaya and Adele.
To say he was one of the best.... insulting...with his voice...unbelievable string ability..sense of humor....and a sincere desire to bring joy to others..... Mr.Roy Clark ...was his Own category and he will never be repeated ....RIP
The very best song of all time about how so many of us wasted the precious years away. Time passed us by and now after all these years with nothing left except broken dreams to reflect on. This song hurts yet comforts us in a way that the one and only Roy can say in his heartfelt words for us to pray to forgive ourselves for our yesterday. Here we are now back again listening to the song that we should have learned from so very long ago. Somehow this song is so sad yet so soothing to our ears and helps us to cope with those lost years of our past and start fresh with a new and positive outlook on the time we have left. It is never too late to make the very best use of today!
That was me who commented five years ago. Nothing has changed, still love the music and the man who made the song come alive. Turned 73 last Nov. Say a prayer i answer this same text five years from now! God Bless us all!
May God bless you & keep you happy & healthy for a long time to come. See ya in 5 Tony! Heck, I'll look for a yearly anniversary comment too ❤😊
YEP
I stayed with my father for two months before he died at 93 years old. He listened to this over and over while I made breakfast. I never asked him why he listened to this or what it meant to him. I guess I thought I knew. I didn't. Now here I am, three years later, listenng to it over and over. Miss you Dad.😊
I'm almost 70 years old and walking with Jesus for almost 40 years and this song summarizes what my life was like before I met my Lord Savior oh how I wasted my youth and now I'm to old
Never too old to Gods work!! Age is only a number. We are promised 120 years.
I turned 68 last week! I still get tears when listening to this song! Yes, time goes by fast and I'm sure we all regret looking back and thinking about "what could have been", yet we can't bear the thought! That's why great musicians like Roy Clark can come back at sometime into our lives and make us realize what we lost! God Bless Him!
tears me up every time, and another girlfriend died last year - my wife is still by my side
I am half you're age but all my friends were closer to you're age when I was a child. One of witch shares the name with Mr.Clark. This song always brings me back to the times they planted the seeds in my head. I thank God for the time I got to share with them and I owe who I am to them all.
I will turn 69 in another few weeks, and I share your emotions about this fantastic song, Tony. Roy Clark had a great and unique voice and he was without a doubt one of the absolutely best guitar pickers to ever grace the C&W music industry.
Two of my other favorites that Roy Clark did was the song 'Right or Left at Oak Street; and 'The Tips of My Fingers'.
And, then 'Thank God and Greyhound You're Gone' which I am sure is a favorite for all guys who married the wrong woman.
I had tears falling from my eyes as soon as I heard this beautiful song. I'm 59 and have had many wonderful experiences but others I wish I could have a do over on. I just have to work hard to make sure the rest of my life is better. I sense my parents crying for me because they want my life to be better too.
@@guymorris6596. Good luck to you ❤️❤️
If only young people would really listen to these lyrics. I am now 82 years old. How I wish I had listened and paid more attention to them yesterday, when I was young. My youth is gone, never to return. I loved this song when I was young and understand and love it more today. RIP Roy Clark.
Make a to do list.
And do it!
I hear you. I am in tears now reading this and listening to the words.
I am 72 years old and I continue to appreciate it even more today than ever... Love it... RIP Mr Clark
I'm almost 64yrs old, and this was me for a lot of years. I wasted so much time, in foolishness. But I thank God the last 20yrs have been great. If your a young man listening to this song, and are not living right, give it a to God.
Amen and Amen, is all I can say.....so very, very true!!
Or the devil…🥴
Agree 100%. Im 59. Ditto on the experience. Well said!
True happiness is only found in Christ and His shed blood for all our foolish sins.
Amen!!!
I’m 59 now. I have left everything that loves me or it left me. I can’t find another song. I am not in good health and have been saying my entire life that I have time. Well here I am almost done with my life and wishing I could have any part of it again. If your reading this don’t hesitate live your life and love unconditionally. Life goes by in less than a second. Your children are to busy and your home alone listening to your entire life in songs instead. Love a lot. I wish all happiness and love
Jesus is the God who has forgiven us, hi he is the God who heals broken hearts, yes he loves us unconditionally, he is the God of second chance , call on him friend
All of us have to meet certain conditions to cause anyone or someone to love us please read Psalms 11;5 also God himself said he hated Esau but love Jacob @@jerryosullivan4166
The wisdom you obviously have to impart, shame you don't have a RUclips channel/book to share it w us, who cld use it. You lived your youth through a better time. God bless you Anthony. ❤🙏
And time runs out, days end, morning follows....PEACE
Roy Clark was a national treasure. I think he was underappreciated. not many knew how much of a master he was musical instruments. Had such a great voice to and sing so many great songs such as this one.
Every person in the twilight of their years should listen to this and I'm certain that most of us will be moved by the words and the singer. I've always liked this song but now in my 70s, I realise how it now brings out the emotion in me and brings tears to my eyes. I've told my wife to play this at my funeral...many years from now I hope.
Roy Clark was pure talent, Self taught could play any instrument including the Irish Harp. RIP Roy thanks for the memories.
An Angel 😇
God bless him and us all...
@@jordanmeija7384 good call Jordan..
😥😥😥
I miss that
A masterpiece... absolute unreal how profound this is. I am 64, and believe you me, thank you Jesus, I have NO regrets for I have lived an epic life with Army, Living overseas and best man ever I married.
But I know so many people that live in PURE regret.. .for how they lived their younger day.
At 18 < I went in Army and... with great parents... was grounded for life!
I’m 67 soon and this makes me cry every time ❤️👍🏻👍🏻😢😢🤦🏻🤦🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧
I hear this song and can't help but think....... this is me... my life. What was given to me by God... I wasted and threw away. I turned 70 last October and I can surly relate to this song. It is sadly beautiful...
It does make you wonder how the years went by so fast, I turned 70 in July
I first heard this song when Clark performed it at Mickey Mantle's funeral, which was televised.
This song was Mantle's last request so that it might serve as a warning to his fans who might be potentially drinking themselves into an early grave like he ended up doing.
Alexei Cogan Wow, I'd never heard that concerning Mantle's funeral. Very touching, sad in a way, very appropriate for Mantle too. This song is a killer. I first heard this when I was about 9 or 10 and it always remained with me... something about it, very beautiful.
liz326522 It is a powerful song and he does a fine job . I always thought he was a better entertainer who should have been more widely accepted. When I think of country music stars.... he's right up there.
Herb Houston Yes, totally agree with you. He should have been more widely accepted, such a talented man. A beautiful master on the guitar and a lovely, soothing voice... a terrific entertainer.
I was 10 when this came out and even at that tender age, I intuitively knew these words would come back to haunt me 50 years later. I would suppose others had that same uneasy feeling too...
Yep ..me too
YES!!
Absolutely.
Yes we did !
Yes, absolutely.
Being 52 I so wish I had known Jesus as my savior as a child. But this song makes me realize I had to go through the trials and tribulations in my life. To greatly appreciate the love he has for me. And how time slips away. Until we reach our final destination. Love and embrace youth. It's gone in the blink of an eye.
Its so weird when I was a kid I heard this song a million times and never heard the words. Last week I heard this song again and for me it is at the same time the saddest and most beautiful song Ive ever heard. Does anybody else feel that way??
yes
Neil, I was the same. I understood what the lyrics were telling me but I didn't feel them until I was older.
John O you are forgiven!
everybody
I truly appreciate the song now that I'm older 😢
I've listened to every version of this I can find. Including Willie and other GREAT singers. But as first i'm concerned NOBODY brings the raw emotions of sorrow ,and hopelessness to the song that he does !
One of the most heartbreaking songs ever recorded! I believe every human being on the planet that reaches upper middle age and beyond can relate to this song on some level. As George Bernard Shaw stated so eloquently----"What a tragedy it is that youth is wasted on the young!"
This song captures that sentiment to perfection---unforgettable!!
so true
It would only be young people who can't comprehend the message of this song...I did'nt when I was young
I'm 79 and this song seems to have been composed just for me.
@@Dlanorepmart Me too!!!
It truly is wasted on the young. These lyrics are so painfully poignant, especially those who have lived long enough to have experienced the harsh reality of it.
This song is so beautiful and wistful that its impossible to listen to without shedding tears. It is the perennial plight of humankind. 😔
Sadly, i believe you're right.
You are so right. I have never been able to listen to this beautiful song without tears flowing. It reminds me of my grandparents and makes me miss them even more than usual. I remember listening to this Roy Clark 8 Track every time we would go anywhere in their gorgeous 1974 cranberry colored Cadillac (w/ white leather interior). I remember watching Hee Haw with them too after dinner and then going to the video arcade after. Roy Clark looks so much like my father that they could have been twins,: Same hair color, sideburns, cheeks, nose...dad was a big man and wore bib overalls all the time. And they both had the bluest eyes!
So this was one of my grandfather’s favorite songs, and he used to play it on RUclips for me, and make me listen to the words which he told me would become more and more understandable as the years of my life went by and aged, and boy as usual, he was right! This man was always trying to teach me valuable life lessons, and then still trying to teach me even when I wasn’t realizing he was, and now, every time I hear this besides crying tears from missing him, I reflect on his wisdom and the wisdom of Roy Clark’s beautiful masterpiece!!! My two favorite lines in the song are “I used my magic age as if it were a wand & never saw the waste and emptiness beyond” and “The friends I made all seemed some how to drift away, and only I am left on stage to end the play,” like wow, so incredibly true, because when we were young we think we’re invincible, and we can do anything, and so many “friends“ never stick around they leave so easily, and forget you and your left wondering what the hell……..
My grandfather passed away in 2020 of cancer that he beat and fought for over 17 years and I love and miss that man more than life itself! R.I.P. Grandpa 😢❤😘
RIP Roy Clark. One of the greatest musicians of any genre.
Hello D how are you doing!!
최고의 아티스트님 감사합니다 ~ 같은 세상에 같은 공간 속에서 감사합니다 ~
So many of us lived are lives in this song . Some of the talented stars sing this , but none sing it like Roy Clark . If you are lucky enough to seek out a better way when you come to realize this you will know and be forgiven and you also must forgive . Give as much of your time knowing your saviour . U Tube has a great teacher in Arnold Murray and you will be thankful and blessed in knowing the King of Kings and Lord of Lords . Good Luck to you .
Yesterday When I Was Young, I heard/listened to and loved this song....Rest In Peace Roy, you are sadly missed....
Even back then I loved and really listened to this beautiful song. Now that I'm old I love it even more . Brings back memories of my life ,my family and friends some of which are now gone. To this day it still makes me sad and happy. Thankyou Roy may you test.in peace
I could not even imagine anybody who could have sang this as beautiful as Roy Clark did.
Watch Glen Campbells version. I think it is a little more fluid.
I think Roy Orbeson would have done it as well, because he had the same ability to evoke the emotion as Roy did. I loved them both!
Ur absolutely correct only Roy Clark could and Did sing that song with pure emotion!No other singer comes close to Roy Clark !!l
Charles Aznavour ? I normally prefer any song when it's sung by the original writer, he knows exactly what the words mean, what the meaning is behind the words. NOTE that the title correctly is "Yesterday, when I was young".
No one else ever has sung this song the way Roy Clark did. It's one of my favorites.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. Unfortunately, so many of us can relate to it.
Hello Jackie how are you doing!!
THIS SONG EXPLAINS MY LIFE!!!! I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY, EXCEPT DEAR JESUS HAVE MERCY ON ME PLEASE!!!!
CRAIG CARVER
ME TOO DEAR. I DEFINITELY COULD USE MERCY RIGHT NOW. THIS SONG IS MY LIFE STORY ALSO.
@@bluevelvet4116 HE will, if you both just ask Him to!
I agree with you..
For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness.
The 13th Warrior
Be strong ...for yourself
Roy Clark , You are legend. I'm about to hit 63. Have 3 wonderful children. Shure I've made mistakes but that's life, wouldn't change it for any thing.
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IN 1969 I was only 32 & this song & version tore me up...[it shoul B noted I also have a rich imagination which accompanies me at 79...]
Today we lost another Legend RIP Mr.Clark you were and will always be one of the greatest
Thank You someone
Yes, he was a Legend. Brings back tons of memories from my childhood.
Sadly this song reminds me so much of my mother, who loved it. Now that I am her age I understand...
Well said''
Indeed. Indeed.
heard this song when I was young never payed attention to It caused I grew up In the Hood and usually listen to old school R/B and rap but this songs tells my life story? at 50 now and single only a couple of friends and no family...SAD....How I got here the Fast Life.....
The meaning of this song is hidden from the young; To them it is simply incomprehensible. However, as the years drift by, the meanings will become clearer and clearer until it comes into sharp focus later in life. Then, and only then will they really appreciate it for the magnificent song that it is. This will repeat itself with each generation. Such is life.
Steven Mccallan You are an observant being to see that truth you describe. Yes that will be what awaits many of those youngsters that boldly flaunt themselves today. Much luck on your journey to the obvious destination of all of us.
Steven Mccallan excellent Steven..well said and so very very true.
Steven Mccallan being still young i can imagine it....by the way i heard this song 1st time in a korean movie
Steven Mccallan Well-said, Steven, even though I appreciated back then, the words have deeper meanings for me now. "Such is life." Yup.
Steven Mccallan Well put! I remember hearing this as a kid, either in the late seventies or early eighties. My brother had it on 8-track and my father had the sheet music. I actually have that sheet music now. I always liked the song when I was little. I of course never understood the song other than what was plain to see. You have to live it to understand it as with a lot of things. I'll be 40 in a couple months and well, I might as well be 80. Anyway, it's a great song and I haven't heard it in many, many years. Thanks for posting, Wilson (Who btw is my idol since I was 5... BW). I've been thinking a lot about Glen Campbell over the last year and the aggression of his Alzheimer's and have been revisiting a lot of his music and stumbled upon this. Thanks for the memories guys.
To me, there is no cover of this song done by anyone that can match the heart broken feelings expressed by Roy in this masterpiece. So many of us listen to Roy singing this and feel as though it was written directly for us and about our lives and the precious years we lost which can never be replaced.
And so, Roy went HOME today! And so his worst day turned out to be his very BEST one - EVER! And now he has eternity to come, to make beautiful music in the House of the Lord! And I'm quite certain he and Glen will forever be making quite the joyful noise, with their amazing and now never-ending duets!
Oh my goodness! There are others whom try to sing this but there is NO comparison. I would choose Mr Roy Clark to sing this beautiful and sad song. It's too late for us older folks but I wish younger people would truly listen to this song sung by the only person whom sings it so beautifully. No one else can touch this song. This is his and his only song. It touches me deeply because it's so true
As a 13 year old kid when i heard this song, i felt all of life's heartaches and mistakes through Roy Clark's voice and now at 50 I know what he meant, I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue.
+Franklin NJ. I'm working on 66 years, and brother you don't know the half of it.
+Franklin NJ...Amen Brother.
I pulled alongside the Missouri River and this song came on the radio as I had just been informed of my 3rd divorce
I'm only 23 and I'm looking back on everything..
Don't.Just don't.
R.I.P Roy..........you will be missed....Grew up listening to you & Roy
69 was a great year;
I met the love of my life,
I was on top of the world!
But in the spring of 70 it all came
crashing in. She was going to away to college and she didn't want to be tied down and told me we were through...
I survived, but never really recovered.
She did love you enough to tell you and not leave you without a word
I was 15 when I first heard this song and I used it a guiding light. Life went by and I lived each day as it was my last day on this on this earth. Now at 67 years of age, I still live the same way and I am truly thankful for this song.
Now I'm 72 years old and still living one magnificent day at a time giving thanks to the good Lord for one more magnificent day.
R.I.P Roy Clark. Now that I'm retired and look back on my years, this song brings an ache to my heart. Oh that today's youth would learn not to waste their time here.
Yes it does to me too especially now that I'm 60
38...and thank God for dad's eight-tracks. I've loved this since I was a young child.
And young people, dont waste your heart...your love. Never, ever miss an opportunity to love, to smile, to embrace. You will never get that moment back.
Amen
Amen Irene! Jesus is The Only Way, The Truth and The LIfe!!! Romans 10:9-10 KJV tells how to get saved!!! Rapture Very Soon!!!!
Now that I'm in my late 60s, I find that one of the things that saddens me is that I can't share all the fantastic songs that accompanied me through life. I want people to hear what I heard...and feel what I felt. It boils down to this: my life was amazing...life is amazing...and I am only beginning to see how amazing it was for me now that I'm older and can reflect on the years gone by and the words to songs as beautiful as this. God filled my life with wonderful music, all types of people, experiences, emotions...and continues to do so. Thank you LORD for the gift of life. I am blown away by what I now see...and by how awesome you are.
❤
I concur and feel the way you feel 100%! Thank you, Lord for these blessings of joy when listening to these songs. 🙏
As the young people of today say, "this hits different". Brilliant song and brilliantly performed.
We grow old too soon and wise too late..🌹
This is the only song that makes me cry like a baby. (Well, "Vincent " makes me cry a lot too)
@@samandjennysambrook Yah, Ve grow too soon oldt und too late shmart!
@@rdoodoo2021this song; Wildfire by Michael Murphy; One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey & Boyz To Men (played at my little brother's funeral); Unbreak My Heart by Toni Braxton; At This Moment by Billy Vera and the Beaters; and Teen Angel by Mark Dinning are probably the top tear jerker songs for me. I love every one of them.
One of the greatest songs ever composed or performed. Thank you, Roy.
I cry everytime I listen to this song...decades ago, I loved this song..now I'm alot older, I can relate to the words and there really is alot of pain and regret..I cannot change my past..😥
A famous poet and writer once said "it's a shame youth is wasted on the young."
That quote came from George Bernard Shaw--poet and playwright.
62 years old and Yesterday I was young. Time flies except when we're young and foolish. This song captures so much universal truths in both words and how it is sung!
I am 88 and I can still remember that song, altho all the words are not clear to me. I loved Roy Clark's music.
One of the most beautiful songs ever written and of course immortalized for us Americans by Roy Clark in 1969. I've always loved that song. Roy sang that at Mickey Mantle's funeral per Mickey's request.
Loving to hear the oldies having a drink alone and feeling sad, but happy at the same time.
...RIP, Roy..one of the best personalities and musicians in the business...
Cutter & Ms C
100% TRUE...Anyone in their fifties will understand why this song is 100% accurate
W
Exactly......
Wait until you're in your 60s and you realize that making more plans is fruitless. When you potentially have just a few years left the biggest plan is how you'll get through those years
Makes me sad.
@@tammyshattles5633 The older you get the more you understand this song
Like so many...I heard this song when I was young...so many times. When this song comes back to you when you are older...it leaves a mark.
That is top ten thought provoking song ever. No #1. PERIOD.
As time goes by, our time will come. RIP ROY CLARCK
At 68, I still tear up listening to this song and “Honey.”
I grew up with Roy Clark and Buck Owens. Great musicians and performers. I still have much of their vinyl from my dad, and other places I pick it up. This song says so much. Don't waste your life. RIP Roy.
A TRUE magician with stringed instruments. Roy, you are truly missed. Rest well friend.
Hearing about your passing today I had to play this memory for you... Wherever you are keep on "Pickin&Grinnin". Your music lives on forever.
Roy Clark was an under rated treasure in the field of show business. "Yesterday"
a beautiful piece of music, will be forever his trademark. I always felt he should have been as big in show business as he was in talent, charm and class !!
Roy Clark say this at Mickey Mantle's funeral. Him and Mantle had a joking promise bet who ever died first the other would sing this song at their funeral. When Mickey Mantle was when the hospital and found out he only had 3 to 7 days more to live. He calmly looked at everybody and said "Someone better call Roy and tell him". Roy Clark said singing this song at Mickey Mantle's funeral was the hardest thing he ever had to do but a promise is a promise.
He did sing this at Mantle's funeral. Very appropriate but also very sad.
Speaks of honesty on Mantle's part--giving something for the adoring public to really think about, "all this fame--and this is how I feel".
They are playing this at my Dad's funeral on Thursday. It has touched so many people.
and today, 11/15/2018 , he joins Mickey Mantle.
GreenJeepAdventures Rip Roy, it was very sad to hear about his passing.
I just woke up from a dream with this song playing in my mind. I was in the house where my wife & I raised out two daughters. She was in our older daughter's bedroom, who was about eight at the time. This song came on, & my wife came out of the room. She even looked as she did back then. We simply came together & began to sway to this song, as it was our favorite song while we were courting. We just smiled & enjoyed the experience. Upon waking, I had to hear this song while the experience was still fresh. From all the wonderful comments, I see that she & I weren't the only ones touched by this beautiful composition. My companion, who she got for me four years before passing, lays at my feet as I type this.
Stop it, the picture your words created is beautiful. So sorry you did not stay there with her in that moment. Love, the hearts friend and foe. Nice your four legged friend lay at your feet when you woke. Take care amigo...
Aznavour, Roy Clark, Dusty
Springfield, 3 interprétations géniales de cette chanson. Un regard
déchiré, nostalgique sur le temps qui passe trop vite, les espoirs
déçus et les amours mortes....Bravo
A beautiful song and this is Roy Clark’s best rendition, IMO! Really awesome!
I'm 67 and used to sing, play guitar; but now all I think about, is when I was young. Don't get old; these songs come true.
That's the unfair thing about it. NONE of us can HELP but get old, it's the way of life and the way the body works.
duh, gee, I didn kno that!
toby blake
One of the most profound, truest heart felt songs ever written. There is always a price to pay for a wasted youth. Which in some ways we are all guilty of.!
Ron Willis thanks for ending your statment like that agreed youth is made for good times and not taking seriously. cause after its gone as my dear parents use to say its all dog eat dog
Ron Willis You put it very well. Thank you.
+Ron Willis I can't think of any HONEST person who wouldn't want to go back in time and do at least SOME things differently!!
This beautiful song always makes me cry. Sometimes I cannot even listen to it, because the words deeply hurt my heart.
+KindnessMatters I hear you---this song is a gut-wrencher--that's for sure!!
Song is so true brings tears to my eyes I am 73 and I remember everything
Looking back on one’s life and the many regrets we all have, the potential and dreams of youth aren’t realized.
Love this bit of brilliance from the late Roy Clark...thanks and r.i.p.
I used to play this song performed by Roy Clark on WLIZ-AM, LAKE WORTH, FL. I once caught my Father listening to this, and he was crying his eyes out. I "sort of understood." Now, all these years later I TRULY UNDERSTAND, and cannot keep myself from crying MY eyes out. Rest In Peace, Dad and Roy Clark.
Love this song ! Its SINGS my LIFE, A TRAVELER OF THE WAYWARD WIND, At 70 STILL RUNNING FAST, HURTS !
SImply a classic by a classic performer. RIP
You would have to be made of stone to not be moved by this song. Haunting. For any one that didn't like it, just wait.
Am 69 and can so relate to the song. Had no plan on being over 40. Young at heart, to a point. But, I sure feel old. Dealing with 18 medical issues
How on earth 183 people can not like this song. I guess they either have perfect lives.....or they just don't get it.
+Karen w it's because so many of this generation has no taste and no soul, so sad
+Zeds Dead Baby If I deleted any comments, i didn't mean to. But I have a question - what do you mean by original version? Roy Clark is the original singer.
+Zeds Dead Baby I apologize Zeds, until I sat and read a lot of these comments, I didn't know someone else had sung this song before Roy.Clark. I've only heard it by Roy and can't imagine anybody else doing it justice. I'm going to see if I can find the other version(s) and listen to it.
+Zeds Dead Baby I found it on RUclips last night and listened to it. But personally, I have to say I like Roy Clark better and that may just be because I've always heard it by Roy Clark.
I agree Karen I dont understand.
One of the GREATEST songs EVER written...100% TRUE...Word~4~Word
I woke up 2 days ago with this song in my head. The first time I went to play it I started crying so hard I had to stop. I did listen to it the second time. Beautiful and tragic.
Such a beautiful song sung by a guy with a rich voice, I loved watching Roy Clark on Hee Haw and then sing a song in all seriousness. It’s sad that he’s no longer with us.
Rip, Roy.. .i'm so thankful that God saw fit to bless us with you for the time with and the memories that we had of you. It seems like just yesterday that you were young
RIP Roy, a great one is lost.
I saw a clip on here of Roy Clark. He was shredding. I didn't think he played that style. He was very skilled guitar player.
No it is not. He passed away November 15, 2018.
Rip
This is another song I used to play on Radio here in South Florida. One day, while at Home, this song was playing on my radio station. I saw my Father crying as it played. I didn't really understand WHY. Now, 41+ years later, I KNOW WHY. Now, I CRY.
I have to say, this is my favorite version .
I remember when I was young, 20 yrs old, I was stationed in Spain. I listened to this song on a Spanish radio station that played oldies. This song made me think of mortality even at that age. I felt old before my time.
Life is like a Job,you only get back what you put into it!!!! Thanks for posting!!! May 16 , 2017.
A lady was commenting that she doesn’t know how 180 people would just like this song some people don’t understand that the beauty of music is not only happy music but deep sad music can be very meaningful too and beautiful drought time torch songs were always very popular this is one of the great ones I’m sure it’s Roy Clark’s greatest achievement
This song came into my life when I was 17, and the Most High used it to shape my heart and life.
No Regrets, I'm 71, and embraced every opportunity offered, which meant I moved 10 times. Now Bankrupt, I am rich in memories. They should write a song about this. I guess they did, - My Way!
How true, I totally agree as I have lived the same.
Or "That's Life".....
Im only 35 but as if i lived that life in sixties,,i feel the intense nostalgia..i think i can connect with the time and this song truely makes you feel emotional... how we came from those lovely musics to this shallow today...shame on media politicians who always bring something new to sell and inflict all generations with a dictated taste of new music.. see we need to go back to sixties and even fifties... those where times that real music was made
I would cry when I would hear it I was 14 remember how wonderful it was when I was 7.It is always the perspective of time. Roy Clark transferred the hearts longing for the memories and happiness of yesterday.
Over 100 years ago, George Bernard Shaw said "The trouble with youth is that it's wasted on the young". This song lays the naked & brutal truth to those words. I always felt a great companion song to this was Sinatra's "It was a very good year" which came out about the same time in the late 60's. Both songs remain near & dear to me 50 years after I first heard them. So superbly done, that I won't listen to any other singer attempt either one.
THAT gets awful personal!
+Ed Weichsler You are spot on about Sinatra's "It Was A Very Good Year"---I cannot imagine ANYBODY else singing it!!
I was born in 1950 and never became a big Sinatra fan. I have heard and seen him on tv and in movies. I liked his sixties hits quite a lot. But, i can't help but wonder how Roy would sound singing "It was a very good Year.">
interesting point about Sinatra's song....though his celebrates his past life. While Roy Clark's is full of regret. Hopefully, for many people, life is someplace in the middle.
@@SuperSojourn me too about Sinatra....to us, he was an Old Man...and yet, his '60s hits were played on our rock and roll stations....!....His "That's Life" is great, among others.
Another song that reminds us of youth and what could have been. If you have a heart this song will get to you. Roy Clark one of the best!
Amen!💓
Hello Elizabeth how are you doing!’
This one really makes you think. Thanks, Roy, for putting your heart and soul into helping us remember "when I was young."
Sums up my life at 64. I wish I could go back, knowing what I know now and relive my life!!!!
The same with me. I turn 73 Sept 1 this year
Written and originally recorded by Charles Aznavour in 1964.
Not really, the music was Charles Aznavour's "Hier Encore" and the English lyrics were written by Herbert Kretzmer which, whilst maintaining the "sense" of the original French lyrics, were substantially different.
However that is splitting hairs, for all intents and purposes the song was, indeed, Charles Aznavour's.
Subsequently pinched by Ahmet Kaya and Adele.
It sure does. An excellent song.
To say he was one of the best.... insulting...with his voice...unbelievable string ability..sense of humor....and a sincere desire to bring joy to others..... Mr.Roy Clark ...was his Own category and he will never be repeated ....RIP
Roy Clark is the greatest virtuoso contemporary musician/performer of all time. A master of any instrument he plays!
The very best song of all time about how so many of us wasted the precious years away. Time passed us by and now after all these years with nothing left except broken dreams to reflect on. This song hurts yet comforts us in a way that the one and only Roy can say in his heartfelt words for us to pray to forgive ourselves for our yesterday. Here we are now back again listening to the song that we should have learned from so very long ago. Somehow this song is so sad yet so soothing to our ears and helps us to cope with those lost years of our past and start fresh with a new and positive outlook on the time we have left. It is never too late to make the very best use of today!
Such an incredible song. The harmony, the lyrics, and his story telling gorgeous voice.
Man! What a voice! What a guitar player! What a fantastic song!
It brought tears to my eyes. All the dreams, hopes and aspirations of my youth were not all fulfilled.
Saw Roy in person in Branson many years ago, and he did his wonderful song...of course! Special moment!
This beautiful song makes me cry because I want to be a young man again so I can appreciate all the things that I missed out on.