Nina Simone — Sign O The Times

[Verse 1] In France a skinny man Died of a big disease with a little name By chance his girlfriend came across a needle And soon she did the same At home there are seventeen-year-old boys And their idea of fun Is being in a gang called The Disciples High on crack, totin' a machine gun [Verse 2] Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church And killed everyone inside You turn on the telly and every other story Is tellin' you somebody died Sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it And we're sending people to the moon In September my cousin tried reefer for the very first time Now he's doing horse, it's June [Chorus] Is it silly, no When a rocket ship explodes And everybody still wants to fly Hey, some say a man ain't happy truly Unless a man truly dies Oh why? Time, mess with your mind Mess with your mind, time [Verse 3] Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly Neighbors just shine it on But if a night falls and a bomb falls Will anybody see the dawn? Time, mess with your mind [Chorus] Is it silly, no When a rocket blows Everybody still wants to fly Some say a man ain't happy, truly Until a man truly dies Time, mess with your mind [Bridge] Sign o' the times mess with your mind Hurry before it's too late Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby We'll call him Nate, if it's a boy We'll call it Nina, if it's a girl But if it's just healthy, we'll call it anyway [Instrumental Interlude] [Outro] And you there, sitting on the goddamn fence Stop selling the dope Stop sniffing the cocaine and buying crack Stop using the needle And for God's sake, stop killing each other, this stuff is giving me nightmares Let no man write your epitaph, don't let this be the sign of the times Time, mess with your mind Say, time, mess with your mind Time, mess with your mind