James Daniel Nelson

Lyrics

It Won’t Be Long

I wake up in the morning,
Throw some water on my face, and I’m gone
Out the door and into the dawn
Out of the dark into the grey
And then I’m on the subway
Empty people staring into space
But look at me, I wear the same face
We’re all trying to survive another day

And after a while. It’s bound to take its toll
And the New York City lifestyle tries to swallow me while
Sometimes it's all I have to muddle through the day
And then I stop; I get out of my own way, ‘cause it won’t be long

It’s all just temporary;
We roll around in sorrow or in bliss
And we think it’s always gonna be like this
Like an unmoving point in space
Oh, but everything’s in motion
And the ties we thought would bind us come undone
And like the setting and the rising of the sun
We will not ever stay for long in one place

Well, time is our friend sometimes; time’s on our side
Time delivers the healing that helps us abide
It’s here before you know it to see you through
So just stop, it’ll be there for you; well, it won't be long

It won’t be long, y’know it won’t be long
It won’t be long before we’re far from here
Far away from here; it won’t be long

All the hills, all the valleys
All the highs and the lows
One after another, and so it goes
They all pass before you know it
Aand you won’t have long to wait
So just wait for it, wait for it
Oh, just wait for it, ‘Cause it won’t be long

It won’t be long, it won’t be long
It won’t be long before we’re far from here
Far away from here; it won’t be long
It won’t be long, it won’t be long
It won’t be long before we’re far from here
Far away from here; it won’t be long