I know that hearts were loving 我知道，心就爱

Long before I was here 很久以前，我在这里

And I'm not the first to ever cry 而且我不是第一个哭的过

In my bed or in my beer 在我的床上，或在我的啤酒

There were songs before there was radio 有首歌之前有电台

Of love that stays and love that goes 爱，保持和爱的云

They were writing meloncholy tunes 他们写meloncholy曲调

And tearful words that rhyme 和韵含泪字

Before my time 之前我的时间

Before my time 之前我的时间

   

There were songs in old dusty books 有首歌曲在尘土飞扬的旧书籍

Of love thats always been 这就是爱的始终是

Sweet lovers in their glory 在他们的荣耀甜蜜恋人

Who are now gone with the wind 谁正在随风而逝

Old fashion love words spoken then 口语老式的情话，然后

Keep coming back around again 继续回来再绕

Nothings changed except the names 没有任何事情改变了，除了名字

Their love burns just like mine 他们的爱情灼伤就像我

Before my time 之前我的时间

Before my time 之前我的时间

   

And in the dim of yesterday 而在昨天的朦胧

I can clearly see 我可以清楚地看到

That flesh and blood cried out to someone 血肉之体，哀求别人

As it does in me 因为它在我

And there was some old song that said 而有一些旧的歌曲说

I love you 'til I die 我爱你，直到我死

Before my time 之前我的时间

Before my time 之前我的时间

   

But what the old time masters had 但旧时代的大师们

Is what I feel for you 就是我对你的感觉

Love is love and doesn't change 爱就是爱，不改变

In a century or two 在一个世纪或两个

If someway they had seen and knew 如果好歹他们看到和知道

How it would be for me and you 怎么会是我和你

They'd wish for love like yours 他们会希望爱情像你

And they would wish for love like mine 他们希望爱情像我

Before my time 之前我的时间

Before my time 之前我的时间