Released: August 11, 1986
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Producer: Gareth Jones Daniel Miller Depeche Mode
New Town Mix
[Verse 1]
I've got to get to you first
Before they do
It's just a question of time
Before they lay their hands on you
And make you just like the rest
I've got to get to you first
It's just a question of time
[Verse 2]
Well, now you're only fifteen
And you look good
I'll take you under my wing
Somebody should
They've persuasive ways
And you'll believe what they say
[Chorus]
It's just a question of time
And it's running out for you
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
[Interlude]
It's just a question of time
[Verse 3]
I can see them now
Hanging around
To mess you up
To strip you down
And have their fun
With my little one
[Chorus]
It's just a question of time
And it's running out for you
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
[Verse 4]
Sometimes I don't blame them
For wanting you
You look good
And they need something to do
Until I look at you
And then I condemn them
I know my kind
What goes on in our minds
[Outro]
It's just a question of time
It's just a question of time
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time
Live Remix
[Verse 1]
I've got to get to you first
Before they do
It's just a question of time
Before they lay their hands on you
And make you just like the rest
I've got to get to you first
It's just a question of time
[Verse 2]
Well, now you're only fifteen
And you look good
I'll take you under my wing
Somebody should
They've persuasive ways
And you'll believe what they say
[Chorus]
It's just a question of time
And it's running out for you
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
[Verse 3]
I can see them now
Hanging around
To mess you up
To strip you down
And have their fun
With my little one
[Chorus]
It's just a question of time
And it's running out for you
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
[Verse 4]
Sometimes I don't blame them
For wanting you
You look good
And they need something to do
Until I look at you
And then I condemn them
I know my kind
What goes on in our minds
[Outro]
It's just a question of time
It's just a question of time
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time
"Thank you! Thanks a lot."
[Verse 1]
I've got to get to you first
Before they do
It's just a question of time
Before they lay their hands on you
And make you just like the rest
I've got to get to you first
It's just a question of time
[Verse 2]
Well, now you're only fifteen
And you look good
I'll take you under my wing
Somebody should
They've persuasive ways
And you'll believe what they say
[Chorus]
It's just a question of time
And it's running out for you
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
[Interlude]
It's just a question of time
[Verse 3]
I can see them now
Hanging around
To mess you up
To strip you down
And have their fun
With my little one
[Chorus]
It's just a question of time
And it's running out for you
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
[Verse 4]
Sometimes I don't blame them
For wanting you
You look good
And they need something to do
Until I look at you
And then I condemn them
I know my kind
What goes on in our minds
[Outro]
It's just a question of time
It's just a question of time
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time
Live Remix
[Verse 1]
I've got to get to you first
Before they do
It's just a question of time
Before they lay their hands on you
And make you just like the rest
I've got to get to you first
It's just a question of time
[Verse 2]
Well, now you're only fifteen
And you look good
I'll take you under my wing
Somebody should
They've persuasive ways
And you'll believe what they say
[Chorus]
It's just a question of time
And it's running out for you
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
[Verse 3]
I can see them now
Hanging around
To mess you up
To strip you down
And have their fun
With my little one
[Chorus]
It's just a question of time
And it's running out for you
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
It won't be long until you'll do
Exactly what they want you to
[Verse 4]
Sometimes I don't blame them
For wanting you
You look good
And they need something to do
Until I look at you
And then I condemn them
I know my kind
What goes on in our minds
[Outro]
It's just a question of time
It's just a question of time
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time (It should be better)
It's just a question of time (It should be better with you)
It's just a question of time
"Thank you! Thanks a lot."
more tracks from the album
DMBX3: Singles 13-18
- A Question of Lust
- People Are People (Live) [Basel 30/11/84]
- Black Celebration (Live) [Birmingham, April 1986]
- Stripped (Live) [Birmingham, April 1986]
- Flexible (Remixed Extended Version)
- Fly on the Windscreen (Extended)
- Fly on the Windscreen (Death Mix)
- But Not Tonight (Extended Remix)
- Christmas Island (Extended)
- It Doesn’t Matter Two (Instrumental)
- A Question of Lust (Minimal)
- A Question of Time (Remix)
- Something to Do (Live) [Birmingham, April 1986]
- More Than a Party (Live) [Birmingham, April 1986]
- A Question of Time (Extended)
- Black Celebration (Black Tulip Mix)
- Christmas Island
- Sonata No.14 in C#m (Moonlight Sonata)
- Shake the Disease (Remixed Extended Version)
- Stripped
- Little 15
- But Not Tonight
- Shake the Disease
- Flexible
- It’s Called a Heart
- Something to Do (Metal Mix)
- Fly on the Windscreen
- Stripped (Highland Mix)
- Fly on the Windscreen (Quiet Mix)
- Breathing in Fumes
- Stjärna
- Shake the Disease (Edit the Shake)
- Black Day
- It’s Called a Heart (Extended)
- A Question of Time (New Town Mix/Live Remix)
From the albums
- X¹ + X² (1991)
- DMBX3: Singles 13-18 (1991)
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