Borrowed Time – English Lyrics

• By: John Lennon
• Album: Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

When I was younger

Living confusion and deep dispair

When I was younger ah, hah

Living illusion of freedom and power

When I was younger

Full of ideas and broken dreams, my friend

When I was younger ah, hah

Everything simple but not so clear

Living on borrowed time

Without a thought for tomorrow

Living on borrowed time

Without a thought for tomorrow

...

Now I am older

The more that I see, the less that I know for sure

Now I am older ah, hah

The future is brighter and now is the hour

Living on borrowed time

Without a thought for tomorrow

Living on borrowed time

Without a thought for tomorrow

...

Good to be older

Would not exchange a single day or a year

Good to be older ah, hah

Less complications, everything clear

Living on borrowed time

Without a thought for tomorrow

Living on borrowed time

Without a thought for tomorrow

...

All right, you get out

...

Key Grammar Structures

• When I was younger

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase "When I was younger" uses the past simple tense to describe a completed action or state in the past.

• Living confusion and deep dispair

  ➔ Gerund as Subject

  ➔ The phrase "Living confusion" uses the gerund form of the verb to function as the subject of the sentence.

• When I was younger ah, hah

  ➔ Interjection

  ➔ The phrase "ah, hah" is an interjection used to express emotion or emphasis.

• Living on borrowed time

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase "Living on borrowed time" uses the present continuous tense to describe an action happening now.

• Now I am older

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The phrase "Now I am older" uses the present simple tense to describe a current state.

• The more that I see, the less that I know for sure

  ➔ Comparative Correlation

  ➔ The phrase uses a comparative correlation structure to show the relationship between two clauses.

• Would not exchange a single day or a year

  ➔ Conditional Structure

  ➔ The phrase uses a conditional structure to express a hypothetical situation.

• All right, you get out

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The phrase "you get out" uses the imperative mood to give a direct command.