Take The Time lyrics

from `MSB`, 1982, EMI-America Records Group


These are strange days we live in
The nights get even worse
The poets died at midnight--
in a New York City hearse...
And the news must make you crazy
It has for so long
And the streets are full of fear tonight--
and coming on strong...

You know, they`re holed-up in Atlanta
broke down in L.A.
They went and sold out Detroit--
They put half the town away...
From the West Texas border
to the Carolina shore
You can see it in the faces--
There`s gotta be something more...


(CHORUS:)
Take the time to love someone
Take the time to make amends
Take the time to make a stand
Take the time for your friends
`Cause you can`t roll your own forever
and somewhere, down the line--
you`re gonna see that`s all they give you
so you might as well take the time...


You know, they`re laid off in Ohio
The Heartland`s under strain
They`re running scared in FLA--
and hiding out in Maine...
The sons of true believers
and the daughters of dreams
It can shake you when you find out--
it ain`t just what it seems...

Now is the hour
Tomorrow might be too late
You gotta grab the moment--
You just can`t hesitate...
And you know that it`s the children
gonna pay for it all
And, like the man said--
`A hard rain`s gonna fall`...


(CHORUS)




--words & music by Michael Stanley