Vroeger Is Voorbij [English translation]

She was a little singer, long ago

Time has cut with a knife into her face

She sits in every jury for young talent

She's almost fifty now, no person who still knows her

But that was different in the old days, she says

Then the world was mine, she says

But the old days are over

The old days are over

The embitterment is on her face

She grouses to the youth, because they know everything better

And that was different in the old days, she says

Then the world was mine, she says

But the old days are over

The old days are over

She'd want to sing again so badly

But the old days are over

The old days are over

She has lain in the bed of every record producer

The songs were literally written on her body

She still had to fight hard for her place

And those girls from now get everything for free

But that was different in the old days, she says

Then the world was mine, she says

(Chorus 2x)

The old days are over

She'd want to sing again so badly

She wants to go back in time and start all over

(Chorus 3x)