Story Behind The Song
I had this 5/4 bass line that travels in and out of the 5/4 time and the 4/4 time. That's when I just sort of tripped onto the idea of having a song called "Just A Matter In Time". With the main theme down and the title, I just sort of started having fu
Song Description
It's a song about how someone is doomed to repeat our mistakes "until he get it all right". It's also about how change is for the good if accepted, and how sometimes play both the "Fool and a Scribe" at times.
| Song Length |
6:59 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock, Jazz - General |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cool, Poignant |
Subject |
Déjà Vu, 6th Sense, Intuition |
| Similar Artists |
Steely Dan, George Benson |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
YEAH, I?VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, CAN TELL BY THE DOOR WITH
THE RUSTED RED HINGE ON IT?S SIDE. (NO IT DON?T SIT RIGHT...)
HOW MANY MORE TIMES, WITHOUT REASON OR RHYME DOES
A POOR BOY HAVE TO RELIVE HIS LIFE? (UNTIL HE GETS IT ALL RIGHT...)
(RIGHT! RIGHT!)
YEAH LIKE A SNAKE IN HIS SKIN, I?M SHEDDING AGAIN,
IT?S JUST A MATTER IN TIME. JUST A MATTER IN TIME.
WHEN I?M RIGHT BACK IN PLACE WITH A DIFFERENT FACE,
BUT THE SAME OL? LINE... WITH THE SAME OL? LINE...COME TASTE ME!
(SOLO)
SO JUST TUMBLE THE DICE, AND TURN OUT THE LIGHT,
IT?S JUST A MATTER IN TIME. JUST A MATTER IN TIME.
?CAUSE YOUR BOUND TO RETURN, WITH KARMA TO BURN,
IT?S JUST A MATTER IN TIME. IT?S, JUST A MATTER IN TIME.
YEAH, I FEEL LIKE A FOOL, WITH A DEJA-AND-VU, PLANTED
RIGHT THERE FIRMLY ON MY BACK. (AND I THINK THAT IT?S SAD...)
YEAH, THAT A FOOL AND A SCRIBE, ARE HITCHING A RIDE, QUITE AN ODD PAIR,
STRANDED ON THAT SAME OL? TRACK. (WHAT A LAUGH AND A HALF...)
SO JUST TUMBLE THE DICE, AND TURN OUT THE LIGHT,
IT?S JUST A MATTER IN TIME. JUST A MATTER IN TIME.
?CAUSE YOUR BOUND TO RETURN, WITH KARMA TO BURN,
IT?S JUST A MATTER IN TIME. JUST A MATTER IN TIME. (DEJA VU!)
I?VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. I?VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. I?VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
YEAH LIKE A SNAKE AND HIS SKIN, I?M SHEDDING AGAIN,
IT?S JUST A MATTER IN TIME. JUST A MATTER IN TIME.
WHEN I?M RIGHT BACK IN PLACE WITH A DIFFERENT FACE,
BUT THE SAME OL? LINE... WITH THE SAME OL? LINE.
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