I stand at the threshold, the world at my feet, facing the music, defying defeat, I'm waiting for the right time to shake it, livin' for the right time to make it. Stand by me and you will see that it's only a matter of time, we will be one and
I know it's just a matter of time, soon you will see that it's only a matter of time, change has to come and I know it's just a matter of time (a matter of time, a matter of time, a matter of time) .I look to the future with hope in my heart, it's there for the winning, I'm ready to start, I'm ready for the right time to break it, lookin' out for my time to make it. Stand by me and you will see that it's only a matter of time, we will be one and I know it's just a matter of time, soon you will see that it's only a matter of time, change has to come and I know it's just a matter of time (a matter of time,
a matter of time, a matter of time I'm going to set you right about me, going to get the future I see, living the life I know I should, knockin' on wood ... Stand by me and you will see that it's only a matter of time, we will be one and I know it's just a
matter of time, soon you will see that it's only a matter of time, change has to come and I know it's just a matter of time (a matter of time, a matter of time, a matter of time