Well, well, well, well, well, well
Oh, let me tell you
Time is the one thing everybody fears
It just ticks by with no regards to years
They say time can bring about a change
Listen, but I ain't seen a
Doggone thing
But they say time
That's what they tell me
It takes time
Oh, every day they tell me
Time
I keep hearing them saying
It takes time
Well, well, well, well, well, now
Peace is the answer, that's what people say
But it looks like peace is getting further away
Together we stand and divided we fall
But people are still divided by that unseen wall
But they say time
That's what they tell me
It takes time
Ever since I was a little bitty boy
They say time
That's what they tell me
It takes time
Every day I hear them saying the same old thing
They say time
They say time
They say time
They say time
But I wanna know y'all
How much time can it really take
Before this world of ours is in a bad shape
Oh, somebody tell me
Well, well, well
The day when time brings on that blessed change
On that day the whole world will say
Time
Time will have washed all our fears away
And peace will have brought us a brand new day
But it takes time
That's what they tell me
It takes time
Every day I keep hearing them telling me that
Time
That's what they tell me
It takes time
But I wanna know y'all
It takes time
It takes time
It takes time
But, oh, somebody tell me now
How much time can it really take
Before this world of ours is in a bad shape
Time
It takes time
That's what they tell me, Lord
Time
Every day, yeah
It takes time
Oh, let me tell you now, yeah
It takes time
When you're up, you go down
It takes time