Matter of time It's a matter of time (adlib) How can we be more like your brother He was tall thin and fine The head of his class yeah yeah And everybody liked him hey He'd spent his whole life chasing heaven But never seemed to find it 'Cause heaven resides right here On the inside yeah And people go from bad to good in just The blink of an eye oh yeah If they can go from bad to good I guess Then so can I hmm yeah It's a matter of time It's a matter of time yeah (adlib) He'd take us downtown to the mission Over on Mack and Third To hear some of the strangest sounds We'd ever heard yeah He'd say that bad things they happen But it's all divine please Don't let this crazy cruel world Make you blind Cause people go from bad to good in just The blink of an eye oh yeah If they can go from bad to good I guess Then so can I hmm yeah It's a matter of time It's a matter of time It's a matter of time (adlib) It's a matter of time (adlib) It's a matter time before I Find my way home It's a matter of time before I get it together It's a matter of time Boys and girls It's a matter of time (adlib) A matter of time It's a matter time yeah sweet time yeah (adlib out)