(Banjo plays)
(Banjo inalia)
(Banjo and guitar play)
(Banjo na gitaa vinalia)
(Sings) Is this what it's like to be alive?
(Anaimba) Je hivi ndivyo inavyokuwa kuwa hai?
I reached the point of no return
Nimefikia mahali siwezi rudi
and I don't know if I've been burned
na sijui kama nimeungua
from the burned bridges in my life, thinkin' you were wrong and I was right.
kutoka kwa madaraja yaliyoteketea katika maisha yangu, nikidhani hukuwa sahihi na nilikuwa sahihi,
Maybe I messed up,
Labda nilifanya makosa,
either way it's too late for us.
kwa namna yoyote tumeshachelewa sana
'Cause baby I'm old with regret,
sababu mpenzi nimezeeka na majuto,
wishin' I could hold you and just forget.
nikitamani ningekushikilia na kusahau tu.
Since I can't I'll just be home but homesick,
Ila siwezi nitakuwa tu nyumbani huku nikitamani nyumbani,
wishin' you were mine and I didn't hurt you like I did.
nikitamani ungekuwa wangu na sikukuumiza kama nilivyofanya.
Can't go back to when we had a chance,
Hatuwezi kurudi pale ambapo tulikuwa na nafasi,
wishin' I could have a shot at real romance.
Nikitamani ningejaribu mapenzi ya kweli.
Now I realize all the things I could have had were in your cold hands.
Sasa nagundua vitu vyote ningewezapata vilikuwa kwenye mikono yako baridi.
I'm a fool for a dead romance.
Mi mpumbavu kwa mapenzi yaliyokufa.
Gone, gone, gone.
Yamekwenda, yamekwenda, yamekwenda.
I'm a fool for a dead romance.
Mi mpumbavu kwa mapenzi yaliyokufa.
Gone, gone, gone.
Yamekwenda, yamekwenda, yamekwenda.
I'm a fool for a dead romance.
Mi mpumbavu kwa mapenzi yaliyokufa.
Is this what it's like to fantasize
Je hivi ndivyo inavyokuwa kuwaza
about a love that never was alive outside my mind or distance?
juu ya penzi ambalo halikuwahi kuwa hai nje ya akili zangu au umbali?
With time I clearly lost my sight,
Kadiri ya muda, hakika nilipoteza upeo,
thinkin' I was wrong to ever leave your side.
nikidhani nilikosea kuondoka pembeni yako.
But time's the harshest judge,
Lakini muda ni hakimu katili,
makes us think we were in love.
hutufanya tudhani tulikuwa kwenye penzi.
And now I'm old with regret,
Na sasa Nimezeeka na majuto
wishin' I could hold you and just forget.
nikitamani ningekushikilia na kusahau tu.
Since I can't I'll just be home but homesick,
Ila siwezi nitakuwa tu nyumbani huku nikitamani nyumbani,
wishin' you were mine and I didn't hurt you like I did.
nikitamani ungekuwa wangu na sikukuumiza kama nilivyofanya.
Can't go back to when we had a chance,
Hatuwezi kurudi pale ambapo tulikuwa na nafasi,
wishin' I could have a shot at real romance.
Nikitamani ningejaribu mapenzi ya kweli.
Now I realize all the things I could have had were in your cold hands.
Sasa nagundua vitu vyote ningewezapata vilikuwa kwenye mikono yako baridi.
I'm a fool for a dead romance.
Mi mpumbavu kwa mapenzi yaliyokufa.
Gone, gone, gone.
Yamekwenda, yamekwenda, yamekwenda.
I'm a fool for a dead romance.
Mi mpumbavu kwa mapenzi yaliyokufa.
(Banjo and guitar play)
(Banjo na gitaa vinalia)
And baby I'm old with regret,
Na mpenzi nimezeeka na majuto
wishin' I could hold you and just forget.
nikitamani ningekushikilia na kusahau tu.
Since I can't I'll just be home but homesick,
Ila siwezi nitakuwa tu nyumbani huku nikitamani nyumbani,
wishin' you were mine and I didn't hurt you like I did.
nikitamani ungekuwa wangu na sikukuumiza kama nilivyofanya.
Can't go back to when we had a chance,
Hatuwezi kurudi pale ambapo tulikuwa na nafasi,
wishin' I could have a shot at real romance.
Nikitamani ningejaribu mapenzi ya kweli.
Now I realize all the things I could have had were in your cold hands.
Sasa nagundua vitu vyote ningewezapata vilikuwa kwenye mikono yako baridi.
I'm a fool for a dead romance.
Mi mpumbavu kwa mapenzi yaliyokufa.
Gone, gone, gone.
Yamekwenda, yamekwenda, yamekwenda.
I'm a fool for a dead romance.
Mi mpumbavu kwa mapenzi yaliyokufa.
Gone, gone, gone.
Yamekwenda, yamekwenda, yamekwenda.
I'm a fool for a dead romance.
Mi mpumbavu kwa mapenzi yaliyokufa.
Is this what it's like?
Je, hivi ndivyo inavyokuwa?