When the stars line up 
And you catch a break 
People think you're lucky 
But you know its grace 
It can happen too fast 
Or a little too late 
Timing is everything 

You know I've had close calls 
When it could've been me 
I was young when I learned 
Just how fragile life can be 
I lost friends of mine 
I guess it wasn't my time 
Timing is everything 

I could've been the child that god took home 
I would've been one more unfinished song 
And when it seems a rhyme hard to find 
That's when [bad word] along just in time 
Timing is everything 

I remember that day 

When our eyes first met 
You ran into the building to get out of the rain 
You were soaking wet 
And as I held the door 
You asked my name 
Timing is everything 

I could've been another minute late 
You never would've crossed my path that day 
And when it seems [bad word] love is hard to find 
That's when [bad word] along just in time 
You can call it fate or call it destiny 
And sometime it seems like it's a mystery 
You can be hurt by love 
Or healed by the same 
Timing is everything 

It can happen too fast 
Or a little too late 
Timing is everything