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Chaka Khan – When The Time Comes (2021) | Track profile | Dork

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Chaka Khan
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
When The Time Comes

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When The Time Comes

Release date: 10th September 2021

From Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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About This Track

"When The Time Comes" is a track by Chaka Khan, from the album Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), released 10th September 2021. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan

Lyrics

When The Time Comes

[Intro]

I'm a-ready when the time comes

I'm a-ready when the time comes (Ooh)

My opportunity to shine comes

I'm a-ready when the time comes

[Verse 1]

Look at me, I'm back again

Feeling the joy that a new day can bring

There's new music, there's new sounds

All the excitement got me spinning 'round

[Pre-Chorus]

So I'm gonna seize the, seize the day

I ain't gonna let it get away

I ain't gonna let it pass me by (Ooh)

I've got the wings to fly

And I'm ready when the time comes

[Chorus]

I'm a-ready when the time comes

I'm a-ready when the time comes (I'm ready)

My opportunity to shine comes

I'm a-ready when the time comes (Ooh)

We're on the edge of possibility

And we're gonna blaze a trail for the world to see

So when the time comes

The time comes, the time comes, I'm ready (Hey)

Yeah

[Verse 2]

Oh, and each day I can't wait to see

Just what the world has in store for me, yeah

That's a joy you can't improve

When an emotion makes your body move, oh oh

[Pre-Chorus]

Every little turn and twirl and twist (Ooh)

Baby, it is too hard to resist

And you hear the song that starts to play

Saying today, today

[Chorus]

Ready when the time comes

I'm a-ready when the time comes (I'm ready)

My opportunity to shine comes

I'm a-ready when the time comes

We're on the edge of opportunity

And we're gonna blaze a trail for the world to see

So when the time comes

The time comes, the time comes, I'm ready

I'm ready

[Bridge]

When the time comes for love

And the time comes for hope

When the time comes for friends

And the ones who helped me cope

(The times I was down and you lifted me up)

'Cause the time comes for joy

And the family I love, yeah

[Buildup]

I'm ready when the time comes

I'm ready when the time comes

My opportunity to shine comes

Ready when the time comes

We're on the edge of opportunity

And we're gonna blaze a trail for the world to see

So when the time comes

The time comes, the time comes

[Chorus]

When the time comes

I'm a-ready when the time comes

My opportunity to shine comes

I'm a-ready when the time comes

We're on the edge of possibility

And we're gonna blaze a trail for the world to see

So when the time comes

The time comes, the time comes

I'm ready

I'm ready

I'm ready

I'm ready, yeah, yeah

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From Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2021

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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Release year

2021

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