you are right where you need to be everything is in divine order nothin happens under god s creation without his eye upon it there s a divine appointment for everything takes place in your life so just relax let it flow it s a matter of time how can we be more like your brother he was tall tall thin and fine he d spent his whole life chasin heaven heaven resides on the inside people go from bad to good in the blink of an eye if they can go from bad to good then so can i it s a matter of time hey baby it s a matter of time hey yay he d take us downtown to the mission over on martin luther king blvd some people call it myrtle but i like to call it mack and third those were the strangest sounds baby we d ever heard hey yay yay he d say that bad things they happen but it s all divine hey girl so don t let this crazy cruel world baby don t let it make you blind hey yay yay cause people go from bad to good in the blink of an eye if they can go from bad to good then so can i  it s a matter of time hey it s a matter of time ho oh yeah it s a matter of time baby it s a matter of time yeah hey yay yay it s a matter of time baby it s a matter of time yeah hey girl it s a matter of time you know this will pass it s a matter of time girl hey oh hoo babe it s a matter of time babe hey yay yay it s a matter of time girl baby baby so don t freak out this too shall pass you know it s gonna pass girl yeah it s gonna pass girl that s that al jarreau comin out it s gonna pass girl love you al it s gonna pass girl