IN DUE TIME C 1988, music-Richard Reiter, words-Ross Schneider
PEOPLE I KNOW LIKE TO SAY, "COULD THERE BE A GOD?
HE WOULD MERELY RAISE UP HIS HAND, END THIS TROUBLE IN THE LAND--
THE POOR STAY POOR, THE RICH GET MORE, THE INNOCENT ARE DYING YOUNG--
ISN'T IT A SAD SAD REWARD?" BUT THEY'LL GET THEIRS IN DUE TIME.
IF YOU THINK EARTH IS THE END, THEN WHY BRING UP GOD?
DO WE MERELY MENTION HIS NAME JUST TO PASS ALONG THE BLAME?
IT'S NOT THE END YOU KNOW, MY FRIEND. WE'RE VYING FOR ETERNITY.
SUFFERING'LL SORT PEOPLE OUT AND HE'LL GET HIS IN DUE TIME.
IF THERE'S A MAKER, WE'VE GIVEN HIM LEAVE. OH
DON'T YOU REMEMBER YOUR "ADAM AND EVE" MAN"
WE DID IT OUR WAY, WE HAD OUR SAY, MADE OUR PLAY--
NOW WE'RE ON OUR OWN, WE'RE HERE TOGETHER ALONE.
BUT EV'RYBODY GETS HIS REWARD AND YOU'LL GET YOURS IN DUE TIME!