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THE SMITHS song
Name	These Things Take Time
Album/single	What Difference Does It Make? Hatful Of Hollow
Length	2:33 (Hatful/Jensen version) 2:20 (Single version) 2:44 (Troy Tate version) 3:05 (Crazy Face rehearsal)
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer	Dale Griffin (Jensen/BBC) John Porter (Single version) Troy Tate (Troy Tate version) No Producer (Crazy Face)
Release	January 1984
Recorded	October 1983

Information

Lyrics

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunder-kind
You took me behind a dis-used railway line
And said: "I know a place where 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 will 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 care
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, than any living thing on earth
And they had more worth
Than any living thing on earth, on earth, on earth, oh

Vivid and in your prime
You will leave me behind
You will leave me behind

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 47

The Smiths live history:

... further results

Play count (Morrissey concert): 0

Appears On

Related Forum Threads

The Smiths A-Z: "These Things Take Time" - Morrissey-solo (Oct 25, 2022)

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 == Lyrics ==
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+Mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunder-kind
+You took me behind a dis-used railway line
+And said: "I know a place where we can go where we are not known"
+And then you gave me something that I won't forget too soon
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+And this is why you will never care
+But these things take time
+And I know that I'm the most inept that ever stepped
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+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 care
+But these things take time
+And I know that I'm the most inept that ever stepped
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+Oh, the alcoholic afternoons
+When we sat in your room
+They meant more to me
+Than any, than any living thing on earth
+And they had more worth
+Than any living thing on earth, on earth, on earth, oh
+Vivid and in your prime
+You will leave me behind
+You will leave me behind
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