IT’S LIKE AN OL FREIGHT TRAIN / JUST ALONG THRU THEM HILLS
SOMETIMES THE GRADE IS STEEP / YOU’RE BREATHIN HARD THROUGH THEM GILLS
BUT THEN IT LEVELS OUT / WHEN YOU’RE TUCKERED OUT
AND THE CHURCH BELLS STARTIN UP THEIR CHIME
IT HAPPENS / WHEN IT HAPPENS / IN ITS OWN SWEET TIME

YOU WANNA PUSH RIGHT THRU TO THE OTHER SIDE
MIGHT NOT BE FOR A WHILE
CUZ THE WORLD MOST TIMES WEARS A DIFFERENT WATCH
AND LOOKS AT YOU WITH A SMILE

SOME DAY I MIGHT JUST BE / A PATIENT MAN / THERE’S STILL HOPE
BEFORE I RUN OUTTA DIMES / OR PAST MY PRIME / OUT OF ROPE
SUCHA BIG TEMPTATION / WHEN DESTINATIONS
SEEM MUCH BETTER THAN THE CLIMB
IT HAPPENS / WHEN IT HAPPENS / IN ITS OWN SWEET TIME

THERE’S SUCH A PUSH AND PULL TO THE OTHER SIDE
TUG A WARS / TAKE A WHILE
BUT THE LIFE WE KNOW SETS A DIFFERENT CLOCK
AND IT LOOKS AT US WITH A GREAT BIG SMILE

IT HAPPENS / WHEN IT HAPPENS / WHEN THOSE CHURCH BELLS CHIME
IT HAPPENS / WHEN IT HAPPENS / IN ITS OWN SWEET TIME