Siedah Garrett is not only a dynamic performer, but she’s also a gifted songwriter. She’s best known for co-writing “Man in the Mirror” with Glen Ballard for Michael Jackson and singing with MJ on “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”.
However, my favorite song she ever did was “Ever Changing Times” which was used magnificently in the 1987 movie “Baby Boom” starring Diane Keaton. The music video for the song which featured clips from the movie is wonderful, especially with the message of the song about time racing.
Everchanging Times
We, our ever changing times
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
Caught in between, it comes back to
You and me running out of time, I gotta find me a better understanding
Every day keeps forgetting whats mine, I gotta find me a way, less-demanding
And we’re holding on so tight, together, all of our lives
And I, I had some big ideas
So much of my life, still not completed
Hopes and Fears
Watching it change, into something new
Wondering it I’m gonna find the answer, loving you
All of my life, it comes back to
You and me are running out of time, I gotta find me a better understanding
Every day keeps forgetting what’s mine, I gotta find me a way, less-demanding
And we’re holding on so tight,
together, all of our lives
But, it don’t bother me at all
Cause of everchanging time
I see the clock upon the wall, it don’t bother me at all
It’s a ever changing time
All of my life, it comes back to
You and me running out of time, I gotta find me a better understanding
Every day keeps forgetting what’s mine, I gotta 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
I see, that clock upon the wall, it don’t bother me at all
It’s a ever changing time