Tomorrow is a long time
(Bob Dylan / Arr.: H. Hammerschmidt)
(Esther & Abi Ofarim, 1966)

German meaning:
Dieser Song variiert die uralte Klage über den verlorenen Geliebten, 
nach dessen Weggang man nicht mehr schlafen, ja sich nicht einmal an seinen eigenen Namen erinnern kann.


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If today was not an endless highway,
if tonight was not a broken train,
if tomorrow wasn't  such a long time,
then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all.

Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting,
   yes, and if I could hear his heart a softly pounding,
only, if he was lying by me,
then I'd ly in my bed once again.

I can't see my reflection in the waters,
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain,
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps,
oh, I can't remember the sound of my own name.

Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting,
yes, and if I could hear his heart a softly pounding,
only, if he was lying by me,
then I'd ly in my bed once again.

There's a beauty in the silver singing river,
there's a beauty in the sunrise in the sky,
but none of these and nothing else can touch the beauty,
that I remember in my true love's eyes.

Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting,
yes, and if I could hear his heart a softly pounding,
only, if he was lying by me,
then I'd ly in my bed once again.

Then I'd ly in my bed once again.


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