I never really listened to the words before, and I just did.
(Directed to the singer/writer)
A man walks up to you on the street and asks for the time, and you respond with “Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody care?”
Well, obviously, the guy who asked you for it cares. He’s probably on his way to an appointment, maybe late, and probably not in the mood for your philosophy.
You say that you ARE wearing a watch, so why not just tell the poor man?
Honestly, you’re kind of being a jerk.
(I do like Chicago, I do like the song, it just struck me. Mundane, Pointless, needed to share)
Man, you have to look at the Deeper Meaning, man. It’s like the guy asking wants to know what time it is, and he cares what time it is, but does he know What Time It Is? Dig? If he cared about What Time It Was, he maybe wouldn’t be so worried about his appointment.
Flash to scene from Kentucky Fried Movie. The Craw is giving the Jackie Chan guy a tour of the prison:
“In here, we have men who do not know what time it is. In this cell, we have men who know what time it is, but do not care, and in this cell, we have men who do not know what time it is, but DO care …”