Matter of time   It's a matter of time      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, yeah      It's a matter of time, yeah   It's a matter of time, yeah      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, yeah      It's a matter of time   It's a matter of time, yeah      It's a matter of time, yeah   It's a matter of time, yeah      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   A matter of time   It's a matter time, yeah   Sweet time, yeah