Nina Simone - Who Knows Where the Time Goes? lyrics

We are recording tonight
And because we are recording
We're trying to do some things
I'm too tired to do
But as Faye Dunaway, I think it was
She said when "Bonnie & Clyde"
Came out and all, she said she tried to give
People what they wanted
That's a mistake, really, I know
You can't do it
You use up everything you got trying
To give everybody what they want
But I will learn my lesson soon, and
Then you will buy more records, right?
Because you won't see me
Let's see what we can do with this lovely
Lovely thing that goes past all racial
Conflict and all kinds of conflicts
It's a reflective tune
And sometime in your life you
Will have occasion to say
"What is this thing called time?"
You know, what is that? The clock
You're gonna work by the clock
You get your martini in the
Afternoon by the clock
And your coffee by the clock
And you have to get on the plane at
A certain time and arrive at a certain
And goes on and on and on
And, time is a dictator as we know it
Where does it go? What does it do?
Most of all, is it alive? Is it a thing that
We cannot touch and is it alive?
And then one day you look in the
Mirror, you're old, and you say
"Where did time go?"

Across the evening sky
All the birds are leaving
How can they know when it's time to go?
Before the winter fire
We'll still be dreaming
I do not count the time

Who knows where time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sad, deserted shore
Your fickle friends are leaving
Oh, but then you know when it's
Time for them to go
But I will still be here
I have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time

Who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

But I am not alone as long
As my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
All through the winter until the
Birds again return in spring
I do not fear time

Who knows where time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?