Aretha Franklin

Featuring: Michael McDonald

Songwriter: Carole Bayer Sager Bill Conti Burt Bacharach

Producer: Carole Bayer Sager Burt Bacharach

[Intro: Aretha Franklin]
These are ever changing times

[Refrain: Aretha Franklin]
I see that clock upon the wall
But it don't bother me at all
These are ever changing times

[Verse 1: Aretha Franklin]
And the, ever changing time
Everything is going so much faster
It seems like I'm
Watching my life, and everything I do
Wondering if the dreams that I believed in
Can still come true

[Chorus: Aretha Franklin]
Caught in between, it comes back to
You and me running out of time
I got to find me a better understanding
Every day, keep forgetting what's mine
I got to find me a way, less demanding
And we're holding on so tight, together, all of our lives

[Verse 2: Aretha Franklin]
And I, I had some big idea
So much of my life, still not completed, hopes and fears
Watching it change, into something new
Wondering it I'm going to find the answer, loving you

[Chorus: Aretha Franklin]
All of my life, it comes back to
You and me running out of time
I got to find me a better understanding
Every day, keep forgetting what's mine
I got to find me a way, less demanding
And we're holding on so tight, together, all of our lives

[Refrain: Michael McDonald]
I see, that clock upon the wall
But it don't bother me at all
These are ever changing times
I see, that clock upon the wall
But it don't bother me at all
These are ever changing times

[Chorus: Aretha Franklin & Michael McDonald]
All of my life, it comes back to
You and me running out of time
I got to find me a better understanding
Every day, keep forgetting what's mine
I got to find me a way, less demanding
And we're holding on so tight, together
And we're gonna be alright, together, all of our lives

[Outro: Michael McDonald]
I see that clock upon the wall
But it don't bother me at all
These are ever changing times
I see that clock upon the wall
But it don't bother me at all
These are ever changing times
I see that clock upon the wall
But it don't bother me at all
These are ever changing times
I see that clock upon the wall
But it don't bother me at all
These are ever changing times
I see that clock upon the wall
But it don't bother me at all
These are ever changing times
I see that clock upon the wall
But it don't bother me at all
These are ever changing times

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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