WHEN THE STARS LINE UP
AND YOU CATCH A GOOD BREAK
PEO PLE THINK YOU'RE LU CKY
BUT YOU KNOW IT'S GRACE
IT CAN HA PPEN SO FAST
OR A LI TTLE BIT LATE
YOU KNOW I'VE HAD CLOSE CALLS
WHEN IT COULD'VE BEEN ME
I WAS YOUNG WHEN I LEARNED
JUST HOW FRA GILE LIFE CAN BE
I LOST FRIENDS OF MINE
I GUESS IT WA SN'T MY TIME
AND I COULD 'VE BEEN
A CHILD THAT GOD TOOK HOME
AND I WOULD' VE BEEN
ONE MORE UN FI NISHED SONG
AND WHEN IT SEEMS
A RHYME IS HARD TO FIND
THAT'S WHEN ONE COMES A LONG
JUST IN TIME
YOU RAN IN TO THE BUIL DING
TO GET OUT OF THE RAIN
AND AS I HELD THE DOOR
YOU WAN TED TO KNOW MY NAME
AND I COULD 'VE BEEN
A NO THER MI NUTE LATE
AND YOU'D NE VER WOULD 'VE
CROSSED MY PATH THAT DAY
AND WHEN IT SEEMS
TRUE LOVE IS HARD TO FIND
THAT'S WHEN LOVE COMES A LONG
JUST IN TIME
'COS YOU CAN BE HURT BY LOVE
OR HEALED BY THE SAME
IT CAN HA PPEN SO FAST
OR A LI TTLE BIT LATE