Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
How do they know that it’s time for them to go?
Before a 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 that its time for them to go
But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving
And 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
And so it will be so ‘till it’s time for me to go
So come the storms of winter, and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sandy Denny

Sandy Denny & The Strawbs (1967)

(All rights acknowledged)

(this version live 27 November 1977)