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 do not count the time

For who knows where the time goes?

Who knows where the time goes?



Sad deserted shore

your fickle friends are leaving

Ah, then you know

It's time for them to go

But I will still be here

I have no thought of leaving

You know I have no thought of 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 do not fear the time

For who knows where the time goes?

Who knows where the time goes?