Your Time Is Gonna Come Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Lying, cheating, hurting, that's all you seem to do
Messing around every guy in town
Putting me down for thinking of someone new
Always the same, playing your game
Drive me insane, trouble is gonna come to you
One of these days and it won't be long
You'll look for me but, baby, I'll be gone

This is all I gotta say to you, woman

[Chorus]
Your time is gonna come
Your time is gonna come
Your time is gonna come
Your time is gonna come

[Verse 2]
Made up my mind, break you this time
Won't be so fine, it's my turn to cry
Do what you want, I won't take the brunt
It's fading away, can't feel you anymore
Don't care what you say 'cause I'm going away to stay
Going to make you pay for that great big hole in my heart
People talking all around
Watch out, woman, no longer
Is the joke gonna be on my heart
You been bad to me, woman
But it's coming back home to you
[Chorus]
Your time is gonna come
Your time is gonna come
Your time is gonna come
Your time is gonna come
Your time is gonna come (Bye-bye, baby)
Your time is gonna come (Bye-bye, bye-bye)
Your time is gonna come ([?])
Your time is gonna come (Oh, oh, oh-oh)
Your time is gonna come ([?])
Your time is gonna come ([?])
Your time is gonna come ([?])

[Outro]

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Genius Annotation

This Led Zeppelin song, only performed live by the band in 1968, appears to be about an unfaithful woman who cheated on the narrator. Robert Plant sings about how her actions will come back to bite her.

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What have other artists said about the song?
Genius Answer

As documented by Wikipedia, producer Rick Rubin told Rolling Stone in 2011:

It’s like the drums are playing a big rock song and the guitars are playing a gentle folk song. And it’s got one of the most upbeat choruses of any Zeppelin song, even though the words are so dark.

What has the media said about the song?
Genius Answer

Ultimate Classic Rock rated the song as Led Zeppelin’s #44 track, commenting:

There is a strong folk-rock feel to the song as Jimmy Page kills it on acoustic guitar here, as well as a sort of underlying gospel influence at play. Of all the songs in the band’s catalog, ‘Your Time Is Gonna Come’ could be called one of their, dare we say, poppier numbers. The chorus has a sing along quality missing from most of their repertoire and the overall sound and feel harken back to the pre-‘heavy’ era of the ‘60s. It is simply classic British rock.

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