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Intro

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Verse 1

Dark clouds gather in the afternoon

 Come together just to cry

 Seagulls struggling against the wind

 Falling out of the sky

Grandma's gathering aluminum cans

 In a rusty shopping cart

 Born-againers getting their lives together

 While my whole world's falling apart

Chorus

Open up your eyes

 It's happening all around you

 If it hasn't found you

 Well you know it's just a matter of time

Surprise, surprise

 What do you think the world owes you

 It's not the way it's supposed to go

 Well you know it's just a matter of time

Verse 2

Songbird sitting in a tree house

 With a trumpet to her lips

 I'm laying on my back in the tall green grass

 Staring up at the eclipse

Whispers lurking in the alley behind

 Where the children wear no shoes

 Call girls and corner kids hustling

 Saying what do you got to lose

Chorus

Bridge

And there's nowhere you can run to

 Because the eyes are upon you

Verse 3

Some of the coming up hard and hungry

 Stepping up to take your turn

 Some of them throwing their money in the fire

 Just to watch it burn

Chorus

It's just a matter of

It's just a matter of time