S$# 047 Bob Seger | In Your Time

Bob Seger's 1994 Greatest Hits collection included two previously unreleased tracks, one of which is this week's song pick, In Your Time.

The veteran rocker discussed the song in a Detroit Free Press article quoted at The Seger File: "It's a song about my son. It was intended for the next album...but it made sense to me to have one song, 'C'est La Vie,' that says 'Here's where we started,' and this one to say 'Here's where we are today.' We've all got kids. We're all grown up. We've all hopefully learned a little wisdom we can pass along. A modicum (laughs)."

IYT is a fine Seger song that can stand up there with any of his classic numbers. His imagery speaks of life's tribulations, but concludes on a very optimistic note:

In your time
The innocence will fall away
In your time
The mission bells will toll
All along
The corridors and river beds
There'll be sign
In your time

Towering waves
Will crash across your southern capes
Massive storms
Will reach your eastern shores
Fields of green
Will tumble through your summer days
By design
In your time

Feel the wind
And set yourself the bolder course
Keep your heart
As open as a shrine
You'll sail the perfect line

And after all
The dead ends and the lessons learned
After all
The stars have turned to stone
There'll be peace
Across the great unbroken void
All benign
In your time
You'll be fine
In your time