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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billy Joel
Billy Joel
Vocals
Liberty De Vitto
Liberty De Vitto
Drums
Doug Stegmeyer
Doug Stegmeyer
Bass Guitar
Russell Javors
Russell Javors
Rhythm Guitar
David Brown
David Brown
Lead Electric Guitar
David Nadien
David Nadien
First Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Billy Joel
Billy Joel
Songwriter
Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone
Producer
Jim Boyer
Jim Boyer
Mixing Engineer
Andy Hoffman
Andy Hoffman
Assistant Engineer
Bradshaw Leigh
Bradshaw Leigh
Additional Engineer
Larry Franke
Larry Franke
Assistant Engineer
Michael Christopher
Michael Christopher
Assistant Engineer
Ted Jensen
Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Turn on all the Christmas lights
'Cause baby's coming home tonight
I can hear her footsteps in the street
Turn the choral music higher
Pile more wood upon the fire
That should make the atmosphere complete
[PreChorus]
I've had to wait forever
But better late than never
[Chorus]
She's just in time for me
She's right on time
She's right where she should be
She's right on time
[Verse 2]
I'm a man with so much tension
Far too many sins to mention
She don't have to take it anymore
But since she said she's coming home
I've torn out all my telephones
Soon she will be walking through that door
I may be going nowhere
But I don't mind if she's there
[Chorus]
She's just in time for me
She's right on time
She's right where she should be
She's right on time
[Bridge]
Left to my own device
I can always make believe
That there's nothing wrong
Oh, oh, oh
Still I will choose to live
In the complicated world
That we shared for so long
Good or bad, right or wrong
[Verse 3]
And it occurred to me
While I set up my Christmas tree
She never missed a cue or lost a beat
Every time I lost the meter
There she was, when I would need her
Greeting me with footsteps in the street
[PreChorus]
I guess I should have known it
She'd find the perfect moment
[Chorus]
She's just in time for me
She's right on time
She's right where she should be
She's right on time
[Bridge]
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
[Verse 4]
Turn the choral music higher
Pile more wood upon the fire
That will make the atmosphere complete
[PreChorus]
I've had to wait forever
But better late than never
[Chorus]
She's just in time for me
She's right on time
She's right where she should be
She's right on time
[Outro]
She's right on time
She's right on time
Written by: Billy Joel

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