Lyrics to
Time Will Tell

This version of Time Will Tell was released by Bob Marley in 1978.

Our About Bob Marley page at Decade Lyrics includes the lyrics for Time Will Tell from 1978 as well as all of the other lyrics from Bob Marley that we have in our lyrics database.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Bob Marley or about the 1970s in general.

Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-hm! Ooh-oo-oo-oo-er. Mm-mm-mm.
Jah would never give the power to a baldhead
Run come crucify the Dread.

Time alone – oh, time will tell:
Think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell;
Think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell;
Think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell.
Time alone – oh, time will tell:
Ya think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell.

Back them up; oh, not the brothers,
But the ones who sets ’em up.

Time alone – oh, time will tell:
Think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell;
Think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell;
Think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell.
Time alone – oh, time will tell:
Ya think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell.

Mm-mm. Mm-mm.
Oh, ma ……………….
Oh, ma ……………….
Oh, ma children are cryin’.
Oh, children, weep no more!
Oh, ma sycamore tree, saw the freedom tree.
All you … have spoke:
Oh, children, weep no more;
Weep no more: children, weep no more!

Jah would never give the power to a baldhead
Run come crucify the Dread.

Time alone – oh, time will tell:
Think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell;
Think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell;
Think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell.
Time alone – oh, time will tell:
Think you’re in heaven, but ya living in hell.

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Bob Marley?

Bob Marley has released many songs over the years besides Time Will Tell. Bob Marley released songs from 1973 to 1995 spanning across albums like Catch A Fire, Burnin', Natty Dread, Live!, Rastaman Vibration, Exodus, Kaya, Babylon By Bus, Survival, Uprising, Confrontation, Rebel Music, and Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bob Marley.

If you're a fan of popular 1970s songs looking for more songs from 1978 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Time Will Tell by Bob Marley

The lyrics to Time Will Tell are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Bob Marley in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Time Will Tell are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Bob Marley and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Time Will Tell back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Time Will Tell by Bob Marley in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Time Will Tell" means the words set to the music of Time Will Tell, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Marley. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Time Will Tell and the lyrics to Time Will Tell are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Marley who came here looking just for the lyrics to Time Will Tell, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Bob Marley

Visit our Bob Marley profile for more Bob Marley songs, lyrics & info!

)