Who Knows Where the Times Goes?

Background Information

Voted "Favorite Folk Track of All Time" by Radio 2 listeners in 2002. This is astonishingly, one of the first songs Sandy ever wrote. It remains her most famous composition, and most covered track, firstly by Judy Collins, who made it the title track to her fourth album, and latterly Cat Power on her Jukebox EP.


Lyrics

(Copyright © 1967 Sonet Music)

Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know 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

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

And I am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time

For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?


Type:
Album
Artists:
Fairport Convention
Lyrics:
Music:
Released:
01 July 1969 (UK)
Recorded:
March / April 1969
  • Sound Techniques, London
Length:
5:08
Label:
Island Records Ltd.
Producer:
Joe Boyd
Fairport Convention
Musicians:
Engineer: