These Things Take Time - The Smiths

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunderkind

You took me behind a disused 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 rooms

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

Vivid and in your prime

You will leave me behind

You will leave me behind