It's Just A Matter Of Time

(album: You Light Up My Life - 1977)

One night long ago
Sitting on my daddy's knee
I said I'm so sad and lonely
And I guess that's how I'll always be

He said
Stop, don't you cry
'Cause you know your time will come
You gotta learn to walk before you try to run

He told me
Patience is all you really need to pray for
'Cause you're so sweet
And you're looking fine

Soon someday
You'll be turning away the boys from your door
And you'll see that's the way it'll be
It's just a matter of time

Time rolls by
I saw my life beginning to chain
I grew up and made some friends
And started having fun

But I told Mama somehow
That loneliness still causes me pain
I tell myself I'm waiting for that special one

She told me
Patience is all you really need to pray for
Cause your beauty is rare
A very special kind

Enjoy your life
Soon you'll be a wife with a man to care for
You'll see that's the way it'll be
It's just a matter of time

Then one day you came along
He seemed to step right out of my dream
When I saw you
My troubles were through
While my worries were left behind

But you say you gotta wait
Still it's not as long as it seems
'Til the day we're one
And you always will be mine

You tell me
Patience is all you really need to pray for
A girl like you is, oh, so hard to find
So I know I'll never let you go

You're the love I live for
Soon you'll see that's the way it'll be
It's just a matter of time
It's just a matter of time
It's just a matter of time