[00:01.19]Before My Time [00:08.41]Johnny Cash [00:14.11]I know that hearts were loving [00:17.04]Long before I was here [00:19.82]And I'm not the first to ever cry [00:23.95]In my bed or in my beer [00:26.81]There were songs before there was radio [00:30.53]Of love that stays and love that goes [00:34.15]They were writing melancholy tunes [00:37.64]And tearful words that rhyme [00:40.37]Before my time [00:44.15]Before my time [00:48.80]There were songs in old dusty books [00:52.51]Of love that always been [00:55.34]Sweet lovers in their glory [00:58.72]Who are now gone with the wind [01:02.13]Old fashion love words spoken then [01:06.19]Keep coming back around again [01:09.37]Nothing's changed except the names [01:12.71]Their love burns just like mine [01:15.44]Before my time [01:19.74]Before my time [01:23.98]And in the dim of yesterday [01:27.85]I can clearly see [01:30.21]That flesh and blood cried out to someone [01:34.51]As it does in me [01:37.10]And there was some old song that said [01:40.77]I love you 'til I die [01:45.37]Before my time [01:48.38]Before my time [02:06.36]But what the old time masters had [02:10.08]Is what I feel for you [02:13.07]Love is love and doesn't change [02:16.94]In a century or two [02:19.57]If someway they had seen and knew [02:23.49]How it would be for me and you [02:26.99]They'd wish for love like yours [02:29.58]And they would wish for love like mine [02:34.42]Before my time [02:37.82]Before my time