Nina Simone — Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

[Intro] 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?" [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] Who knows where time goes? Who knows where the time goes? [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] Who knows where the time goes? Who knows where the time goes? [Instrumental] [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] Who knows where time goes? Who knows where the time goes?