Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? is one of Chicago’s signature songs. It was composed by the band’s pianist Robert Lamm, who also sings lead vocals in it.
The song received a “sequel” of sorts, as Chicago’s next album (Chicago II) features 25 or 6 to 4. While the song has nothing to do wit...
[Piano Solo]
[Intro]
[Verse 1: Robert Lamm]
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
[Chorus: Robert Lamm, (Bandmates)]
(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
[Verse 2: Robert Lamm]
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
[Chorus: Robert Lamm, (Bandmates)]
(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
[Verse 3: Robert Lamm]
And I was walking down the street one day
Being pushed and shoved by people
Trying to beat the clock, oh, no
I just don't know, I don't know, I don't know-oh
And I said... yes, I said
(Background:)
People runnin' everywhere
Don't know where to go
Don't know where I am
Can't see past the next step
Don't have time to think past the last one
Have no time to look around
Just run around, run around think why
[Chorus: Robert Lamm, (Bandmates)]
(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
[Outro: Robert Lamm, (Bandmates)]
Everybody's working
(I don't care) I don't care
(About time) About time
(Oh no, no) I don't care
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? was written by Robert Lamm.
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? was produced by James William Guercio.
In a March 2017 interview with SongwriterUniverse, Robert Lamm said:
I’ve written many songs that (music) critics and I call…quirky. I think “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” is not a complicated song, but it’s certainly a quirky song. But that was my intent. I wanted to write something t...
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In a May 1999 interview with Debbie Kruger, Robert Lamm said:
I’ve always been kind of intrigued with the idea of time, and how we attempt to keep track of it, and you know, I talk in other songs about crossing over into other dimensions, even temporarily, on any given day. But “Does Anybody Really...