Nellie McKay
Where or When
When you're awake
The things you think
Come from the dreams you dream
Thought has wings
And lots of things
Are seldom what they seem
Sometimes you think
You've lived before
All that you lived today
Things you do
Come back to you
As though they knew the way
Oh, the tricks your mind can play
It seems we stood and talked like this before
We looked at each other in the same way then
But I can't remember where or when
The clothes you're wearing
Are the clothes you wore
The smile you're smiling
You were smiling then
But I can't remember where or when
Some things that happen for the first time
Seem to be happening again
And so it seems
That we have met before
And laughed before
And loved before
But who knows where or when?