Deine Besten Jahre
Udo Jürgens
Your Best Years
We often ask ourselves in vain
After the best years of our lives
That we want to never pass away
Where we reach the goal of our wishes
And you think you see
Your best years can be your twenties
Your best years can be your twenties
Where your heart experiences great love
Where hope for tomorrow transfigures the view
Where you feel the strength to turn the world upside down
Where you are willing to sacrifice, even if it is your life
Your best years can be your twenties
Your best years can be your twenties
Did you learn then and suffered
You fought your way through battle
Has life inflicted wounds on you
Have you matured in victory and defeat
Then maybe you will say
Your best years can be your forties
Your best years can be your forties
Where you know of pain and disappointment
Where you realized what life means
Where you distrust the wrong friends
Where you see through praise as a lie
Your best years can be your forties
Where you know who is at the top is always alone
When you are tired of arguing
Feel fate slipping from your grasp
Do you no longer feel the ambition burning
You're just a spectator at the big race
You may recognize
Your best years can be the later ones
Where you write goodness big and honor small
Where you are no longer mistaken about people
Where you become patient and quiet
Where no hate or envy bothers you anymore
Where your time belongs only to you
Your best years can be the later ones
Your best years can be the later ones
Your best years can always be
