Pop Song 409 of 500 'Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?' Chicago 1969

Pop Song 409 of 500 'Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?' Chicago 1969

Lamm said of the song:

"[It's] not a complicated song, but it’s certainly a quirky song. But that was my intent. I wanted to write something that wasn’t ordinary, that wasn’t blues-based, that didn’t have ice cream changes, and would allow the horns to shine and give Lee Loughnane a solo. So all that was the intent."

As I was walking down the street one day
A man came up to me and asked me
What the time was that was on my watch, yeah
And I said
(I don't) Does anybody really know what time it is
(Care) Does anybody really care
(About time) If so I can't imagine why
(Oh no, no) We've all got time enough to cry
And I was walking down the street one day
A pretty lady looked at me and
Said her diamond watch had stopped cold dead
And I said
(I don't) Does anybody really know what time it is
(Care) Does anybody really care
(About time) If so I can't imagine why
(Oh no, no) We've all got time enough to cry
And I was walking down the street one day
(People runnin' everywhere)
Being pushed and shoved (don't know where to go)
By people trying to beat the clock (I don't know where I am)
Oh no, so I just don't know (I can't see past the next step)
I don't know, I don't know-ow
And I said
Yes I said
(I don't have time to. I don't have time to look around)
(I just run around everywhere)
(I don't) Does anybody really know what time it is
(Care) Does anybody really care
(About time) If so I can't imagine why
(Oh no, no) We've all got time enough to die
Everybody's worryin'
(I don't care) I don't care