These Things Take Time - David Jensen Session 26/06/83

by The Smiths

From the album: Hatful of Hollow

Track 3 of 16 on Hatful of Hollow (1984).

Duration: 02:33

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Lyrics for These Things Take Time - David Jensen Session 26/06/83

My 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 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 rooms 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

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More from Hatful of Hollow

  1. William, It Was Really Nothing
  2. What Difference Does It Make? - John Peel Session 18/05/83
  3. These Things Take Time - David Jensen Session 26/06/83
  4. This Charming Man - John Peel Session 14/09/83
  5. How Soon Is Now?
  6. Handsome Devil - John Peel Session 18/05/83
  7. Hand in Glove
  8. Still Ill - John Peel Session 14/09/83
  9. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
  10. This Night Has Opened My Eyes
  11. You've Got Everything Now - David Jensen Session 26/06/83
  12. Accept Yourself - David Jensen Session 25/08/83
  13. Girl Afraid
  14. Back to the Old House - John Peel Session 14/09/83
  15. Reel Around the Fountain - John Peel Session 18/05/83
  16. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want