These Things Take Time
Smiths
All Smiths
These Things Take Time
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the scared wunderknid
you took me behind a dis-used railway line
and you said "I know a place we can go
where we are not known"
and then you gave me something that I won't forget too soon
but I can't believe that you'd ever care
and this is why you'll never care
but these things take time
and I know that I'm the most inept
that ever stepped
I'm spellbound, but a woman divides
and the hills are alive with celibate cries
but you know where you came from, you know where
you're going and you know where you belong
you said I was ill, and you were not wrong
but I can't believe that you'd ever care
and so, you never cared
but these things take time
and I know that I'm
the most inept
that ever stepped
Oh the alcoholic afternoons
when we sat in your room
they meant more to me
than any living thing on earth
they had more worth
than any living thing on earth
vivid and in your prime
you will leave me behind
you will leave me behind