[Verse 1]
Just like Tarzan swingin' on a vine
I move out left then come back right
My life feels like a boomerang throw
It's far away then it's right back home
[Pre-Chorus]
The giant pendulum
Is swinging to and fro
This road we're ridin' on where does it go?
And maybe soon it's gonna end but then you never know
[Chorus]
Hard as I try to get it all arranged
Life's gonna change
Just when I'm used to the pouring rain
That's when the sun starts shining again
Life's gonna change
[Verse 2]
While not smile while you got your smile?
The tears might come, might last a while
You might as well live while you got your life
'Cause it's a little too late when it's time to die
[Pre-Chorus]
The giant pendulum
Is tickin' off the days
I only blink and they have passed away
And that's why every time I turn around I'm still amazed
[Chorus]
Hard as I try to get it all arranged
Life's gonna change
Just when I'm used to the pouring rain
That's when the sun starts shining again
Life's gonna change
[Bridge]
(Sun is gonna shine)
Sun is gonna shine on me
(Sun is gonna shine)
[Chorus]
Hard as I try to get it all arranged
Life's gonna change
Just when I'm used to the pouring rain
That's when the sun starts shining again
Life's gonna change
[Outro]
(Life is gonna change nothing ever stays the same)
Life's gonna change
Just when I'm used to the pouring rain
That's when the sun starts shining again
Life's gonna change
Life's Gonna Change
Song Meaning
Amy Grant opens "Life's Gonna Change" with two playful comparisons rather than a serious statement — "just like Tarzan swingin' on a vine, I move out left then come back right, my life feels like a boomerang throw, it's far away then it's right back home" — describing instability with humor before the song gets more direct.
"The giant pendulum is swinging to and fro, this road we're ridin' on where does it go?" extends the same sense of motion without control, and the chorus states its title as plain, repeated fact — "hard as I try to get it all arranged, life's gonna change, just when I'm used to the pouring rain, that's when the sun starts shining again."
"Why not smile while you got your smile? The tears might come, might last a while, you might as well live while you got your life" answers instability with an argument for presence rather than control, and "the giant pendulum is tickin' off the days, I only blink and they have passed away" repeats the earlier image now measuring time instead of motion. "Sun is gonna shine on me" repeats as a short, hopeful interruption, and the closing variation, "life is gonna change, nothing ever stays the same," lets the title's uncertainty resolve into something closer to acceptance than resignation.