# Are there any songs that reference time travel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314 "2006-06-03T21:09:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/1 "2006-06-03T21:09:48Z")
Or mention, y’know, travelling through time, or revisiting one’s past or seeing into the future or time machines or finding one’s true love or… anything like that Offhand I can’t think of any off-hand, but that’s why I ask the Dope. Lurrrve the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/2 "2006-06-03T21:10:24Z")
Cher’s _If I Could Turn Back Time_. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/3 "2006-06-03T21:21:07Z")
In the year 2525 If man is still alive If woman can survie they may find… Dunt dunt dunt dunt ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/4 "2006-06-03T21:21:29Z")
Yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/5 "2006-06-03T21:24:30Z")
_Time Warp_ ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/6 "2006-06-03T21:48:28Z")
[It’s About Time, It’s About Space,](http://www.tvacres.com/spacecraft_time_scorpio.htm) > [@](#): > > About Strange People In The Strangest Place. > It’s About Time, > It’s About Flight, > Travelin’ Faster Than The Speed Of Light. > About Space People And A Brave Crew, > As Through The Barrier Of Time They Flew. > Past The Roman Senators, > Past An Armored Knight, > Past The Firing Minutemen, > To This Modern Site. > It’s About Time For You And Me > To Meet These People Of Amazing Feats. > It’s About Two Astronauts And How They Educate > A Pre-Historic Woman And Her Pre-Historic Mate. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/7 "2006-06-03T21:55:55Z")
Huey Lewis and the News “Back in Time” ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/8 "2006-06-03T21:57:33Z")
[Fly Like an Eagle](http://www.elyrics4u.com/f/fly_like_an_eagle_steve_miller_band.htm) by **The Steve Miller Band** mentions traveling into the future, and the fact that “time keeps on slippin’ into the future”. **Seal** also did a cover of this song. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/9 "2006-06-03T23:25:00Z")
Uriah Heep [Traveler In Time](http://lyrics.duble.com/lyrics/U/uriah-heep-lyrics/uriah-heep-traveller-in-time-lyrics.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/10 "2006-06-04T00:04:56Z")
The first half of the Hawkwind song “Spirit of the Age”. Hawkwind being…well…Hawkwind, there’s probably a few dozen other songs they did that reference time travel, but none are coming to mind right now. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/11 "2006-06-04T00:08:54Z")
Stonehenge ---
**Author:** ![M.Meursault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@M.Meursault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/M.Meursault)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/12 "2006-06-04T00:29:34Z")
Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/13 "2006-06-04T00:30:32Z")
“Time in a Bottle,” by Harry Chapin: > [@](#): > > _If I could save time in a bottle, > The first thing that I’d like to do > Is to save every day until eternity passes away > Just to spend them with you._ And so on. Beautiful song. (Rest of the lyrics are [here](http://www.mixed-up.com/lyrics/folk/time-bottle/).) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/14 "2006-06-04T00:41:35Z")
Bob Welch’s “Future Games” with Fleetwood Mac. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/15 "2006-06-04T01:05:02Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > “Time in a Bottle,” by Harry Chapin \ Jim Croce. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/16 "2006-06-04T01:08:06Z")
Queen’s **'39** is about the time dilation effect, and describes a type of time travel forward in time very movingly. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/17 "2006-06-04T01:12:24Z")
**What Would Brian Boitano do?** > [@](#): > > When Brian Boitano travelled through time > To the year 3010, > He fought the evil robot king > And saved the human race again ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/18 "2006-06-04T01:20:52Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Queen’s **'39** is about the time dilation effect, and describes a type of time travel forward in time very movingly. Aw man, beat me to it. One of my very favorite Queen songs; a futuristic folk song. [ > [@](#): > > Don’t you hear my call > Though you’re many years away > Don’t you hear me calling you > Write your letters in the sand > For the day I’ll take your hand > In the land that our grand-children knew ]([http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/'39-lyrics-Queen/E14A8F2CD8B79D01482568940001CCF9](http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/'39-lyrics-Queen/E14A8F2CD8B79D01482568940001CCF9)) Took me a few listens, then I was like, “Hey wait a minute–he’s singing about his grand_children_ in the past tense, not his grand_parents._ He’s talking about returning to earth long after his grandchildren have grown old and died.” (It’s a beautiful lyric; click on the link if you’re not afraid of popups.) ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/19 "2006-06-04T01:54:44Z")
[All We Have is Now](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/All-We-Have-Is-Now-lyrics-The-Flaming-Lips/90AAECA52226CA1148256C14001E01E3) ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314/20 "2006-06-04T02:04:23Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Queen’s **'39** is about the time dilation effect, and describes a type of time travel forward in time very movingly. Looked in this thread just to see if someone had mentioned it. It’s one of my favorites, and I usually get all misty listening too it. _blush_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-songs-that-reference-time-travel/359314.md?page=2)