Origineel
It’s been a long time a-comin’ and I have to carry on
It’s been a long time a-comin’ but now you’re gone
Oh, look at me sittin’, starin’ at the rain
Knowin’ the days that we once knew won’t ever come again
Well it seems to strange to really be
So I pinch myself and I find oh, yeah, it’s me
It’s been a long time a-comin’ and I have to carry on
It’s been a long time a-comin’ but now you’re gone
And it’s too late to turn, back all the clocks in town
It’s too late to take the X from yesterday
Now the die is cast, nothin’ happens in the past
So I’ll think I’ll take a walk out in the rain
Oh, here I go, walkin’ down the street in time
I’m never knowin’ though I’m tryin’ to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become too long
Consequently to you I can say, goodbye, so long, yeah
It’s been a long time a-comin’ and I have to carry on
It’s been a long time a-comin’ but now you’ve gone, you were gone right
And it’s too late to turn, back all the clocks in town
It’s too late to take the X from yesterday
Now the die is cast, nothin’ happens in the past
So I’ll think I’ll take a walk out in the rain
Oh, here I go, walkin’ down the street in time
Never knowin’ though I’m tryin’ to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become too long
Consequently to you I can say, goodbye, so long, yeah
It’s been a long time a-comin’ and I have to carry on
It’s been a long time a-comin’ but now you’re gone
But now you’re gone, but now you’re gone
Vertaling
Het is een lange tijd geleden en ik moet doorgaan
Het is al een lange tijd geleden maar nu ben je weg
Oh, kijk me zitten, starend naar de regen
Knowin’ the days that we once knew won’t ever come again
Nou het lijkt te vreemd om echt te zijn
So I pinch myself and I find oh, yeah, it’s me
It’s been a long time a-comin’ and I have to carry on
It’s been a long time a-comin’ but now you’re gone
En het is te laat om alle klokken in de stad terug te zetten
It’s too late to take the X from yesterday
Nu is de teerling geworpen, niets gebeurt in het verleden
So I’ll think I’ll take a walk out in the rain
Oh, hier ga ik, wandelend door de straat in de tijd
I’m never knowin’ though I’m tryin’ to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become too long
Bijgevolg kan ik tegen jou zeggen, vaarwel, tot ziens, ja
It’s been a long time a-comin’ and I have to carry on
It’s been a long time a-comin’ but now you’ve gone, you were gone right
En het is te laat om alle klokken in de stad terug te zetten
It’s too late to take the X from yesterday
Nu is de teerling geworpen, niets gebeurt in het verleden
So I’ll think I’ll take a walk out in the rain
Oh, hier ga ik, wandelend door de straat in de tijd
Never knowin’ though I’m tryingin’ to keep myself in rhyme
Just a while has now become too long
Bijgevolg kan ik tegen jou zeggen, vaarwel, tot ziens, ja
It’s been a long time a-comin’ and I have to carry on
It’s been a long time a-comin’ but now you’re gone
Maar nu ben je weg, maar nu ben je weg