The Day Before You Came

The day before you came
(Khi em cha c anh)

Must have left my house at eight because I always do
(Ngy no chng th, 8 gi sng l em ra khi nh)

My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due
(Em bit chuyn tu ca em gi l chuyn bnh)

I must have read the morning paper going into town
(i vo ph (ht nhng mt ting), em c vi t bo)

And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned
(Ci bi x lun cht tit ln no cng lm em nhn nh!)

I must have made my desk around a quarter after nine
(D th, 9 gi mt khc em cng phi vo vic)

With letters to be read, and heaps of papers waiting to be signed
(Mt ng th phi c, mt ng giy phi k)

I must have gone to lunch at half past twelve or so, the usual place, the usual bunch
(Ph, 12 ri th em i n, vn ch y, vn vi bn y)

And still on top of this I'm pretty sure it must have rained
(V lc no em cng chc chn l tri s ma)

The day before you came
(Ci hi anh cha xut hin )

I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two
(Mi 2 ri chiu em ht n iu thuc th by)

And at the time I never even noticed I was blue
(Th m hi em chng h bit l em bun, l tht!)

I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day
(Em c ko l tm thn mnh ngy ny qua ngy khc)

Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me away
(Em giu mnh i, v em chng thc s bit ci * kh g)

At five I must have left, there's no exception to the rule
(5 gi l em bin ri, chng bao gi c ngoi l c)

A matter of routine, I've done it ever since I finished school
(Ch l vn thi gian biu thi, t hi ht hc em vn lun lm th)

The train back home again, undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then
(Trn ng v ng nhin em c vi t bo chiu)

Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within it's usual frame
(Th y, em chc l cuc sng ca em rt n trong ci khung ca n)

The day before you came
(Hi em cha c anh)



Must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so
(Em v n nh v m ca th 8 gi ti x ri)

And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go
(May l trn ng v em kp thit k qu ba ti vi vi mn Tu bn sn)

I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV
(Em chn chng mt mnh trong lc xem TV)

There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didnt see
(Hnh nh em cha b l mt tp phim Dallas no u)

I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten
(ng h ch 10h15 l em ln ging (li mt mnh!))

I need a lot of sleep, and so I like to be in bed by then
(Em hay thiu ng lm, nn sm nh th l em i kh ri)

I must have read a while the latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style
(Em cng c mt to trc khi ng, truyn ca Marilyn French hay ci g cng th loi)

It's funny, but I had to sence of living without aim
(Cng bun ci pht, nhng em chng c to khi nim no v chuyn sng khng mc ch c)

The day before you came
(Hi anh cha ti, em th y)

And turning out the light
(Ri em tt n (thi nh!))

I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night
(Li mt m na ri, em ngp mt ci di v cun mnh vo gic ng)

And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain
(V em li nghe thy ting ma ri lch tch trn mi nh)

The day before you came
(Thi k n, em ngh, anh n u)