Before my Time lyrics

I know that hearts were loving

long before I was here.

And I'm not the first to ever cry

in my bed or in my beer.

There were songs before there was radio

of love that stays

and love that goes.

They were writing melancholy tunes

and tearful words that rhyme.

Before my time.

Before my time.

There were songs in old dusty books

of love that's always been.

Sweet lovers in their glory

who are now gone with the wind.

Old fashioned love words spoken

then keep coming back around again

nothing's changed except the name,

their love burned just like mine.

Before my time.

Before my time.

And in the dim of yesterday

I can clearly see

that flesh and blood

cried out to someone

as it does in me.

And there was some old song that said,

"I love you til I die."

Before my time.

Before my time.

But what the old time master's had

is what I feel for you.

Love is love and doesn't change

in a century or two.

If someway they had seen and knew

how it would be for me and you

they'd wish for love like yours

and they would wish for love like mine.

Before my time.

Before my time.

• Artist:Johnny Cash
• Album:American III: Solitary Man