This song is part of the Broadway musical Bells Are Ringing, in a party scene in which playwright Jeff unveils both his new girlfriend Ella and a song he wrote that was inspired by her. The song turns into a dance number and comedy break for the two of them, and the partygoers join in.
[JEFF}
Just in time
I found you just in time
Before you came, my time
Was runnin' low
I was lost
The losing dice were tossed
My bridges all were crossed
Nowhere to go
Now you're here
And now I know just where I'm going
No more doubt or fear
I found my way
For love came just in time
You found me just in time
And changed my lonely life
That lovely day
(dance break)
[JEFF]
Just in time
[ELLA]
Doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-doo
[JEFF]
I found you just in time
[ELLA]
Doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-dee-doo-doo
[JEFF]
Before you came my time
[ELLA]
Doo doo
[JEFF]
Was runnin' low
[ELLA]
We could play the Palladium
Or even the Yankee Stadium
[JEFF]
I was lost
[ELLA]
He was lost!
[JEFF]
The losin' dice were tossed
[ELLA]
They were tossed!
[JEFF]
My bridges all were crossed
[ELLA]
They were crossed!
[JEFF]
Nowhere to go
[PARTYGOERS]
Now you're here
And now I know just where I'm going
Never a doubt or fear
I found my way
[JEFF}
For love came just in time
[ELLA]
In time
{JEFF AND ELLA]
You found me just in time
And changed my lonely life
That lovely day
[PARTYGOERS]
Doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo doo
Just in time, doo doo doo doo
Just in time, just in time
Just in Time was written by Jule Styne & Betty Comden & Adolph Green.
Jule Styne released Just in Time on Thu Nov 29 1956.