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It's Just a Matter of Time

November 2024


It’s Just a Matter of Time

Written by Brook Benton, Clyde Otis, and Belford Hendricks;

Changes by Debra Milligan


Someday,

 

Someway,

 

You’ll realize that you’ve been blind.

 

Yes, my darling,

you’re going to need me again.

 

It’s just a matter of time.

 

Go on,

go on,

 

Until you reach the end of the line

 

I know you’ll have to pass my way

again.

 

It’s just a matter of time.

 

After I gave you

everything I had


You laughed

and called me a clown.

 

You’ll learn that

in your search

for fortune and fame

 

What goes up

must come down.

 

I know,

I know,

 

That one day you’ll wake up

and find

 

My love was a true love.

 

It’s just a matter of time.

 

After I gave you

everything I had

 

You laughed

and you called me

a clown.


Remember,

in your craze

for fortune and fame

 

What goes up

must come down.

 

I know,

oh, how I know


One day

 

You’ll realize you’ve been blind.


My love was a true love

 

in that matter of time.

 

My love was a true love

 

You threw away

 

in that matter of time.

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