Before My Time

by Johnny Cash

From the album: American III: Solitary Man

Track 10 of 14 on American III: Solitary Man (2000).

Duration: 02:53

American III: Solitary Man cover art

Lyrics for Before My Time

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 meloncholy 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 names 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

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More from American III: Solitary Man

  1. I Won't Back Down
  2. Solitary Man
  3. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
  4. One
  5. Nobody
  6. I See A Darkness
  7. The Mercy Seat
  8. Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)
  9. Field Of Diamonds
  10. Before My Time
  11. Country Trash
  12. Mary Of The Wild Moor
  13. I'm Leavin' Now
  14. Wayfaring Stranger