Well, 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, oh
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 one thing
Oh, 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 will it really take
Before this world of ours is in a better place
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 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, oh, oh, but I wanna know y'all
It takes time, it takes time, it takes time
But, oh, somebody tell me now
How much time will it really take
Before this world of ours is in a better place
Oh, I know
Time, it takes time
That's what they tell me, Lord
Time, that's the day that
It takes time
Oh, let me tell you now, yeah
It takes time when you're up and it goes down
It takes time to move on