These Things Take Time lyrics

My eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wonder kind

You took me behind a disused railway line

And said, "I know a place where we can go where we are not known"

And you gave me something that I won't forget too soon

But I can't believe you'd ever care

And this is why you will never care

These things take time

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 you'd ever care

And this is why you will never care

These things take time

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

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

• Artist:The Smiths
• Album:Louder Than Bombs (1987)