These Things Take Time

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunderkind

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

It had more worth than any

Living thing on earth, on earth

On earth, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Vivid and in your prime

You will leave me behind

You will leave me behind