These Things Take Time Lyrics - Hatful Of Hollow - The Smiths

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