Ferron - Takes A Little Time lyrics

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Sadie's momma was a tanker always bowling her<br />

Down to the ground<br />

And when Sadie got old enough she moved it on<br />

Her freedom was a one way bus to another town<br />

She had a little money, bought a dress and she put it on<br />

And she worked her days in an all night restaurant<br />

It was called believe or not...Anything You Want<br />

There was a woman on the graveyard shift that<br />

Sadie liked a lot<br />

And she even took to coming early just in case<br />

They could have some time<br />

It seemed that anything the graveyard lady wanted<br />

The graveyard lady got<br />

And Sadie decided the difference between them<br />

Was a shadow line<br />

Years would fly before she'd bother to try<br />

To be her own true face<br />

Right now seemed like every thing was sadly stuck in place<br />

Hot town, Toronto, l951<br />

The Spring is doing it's stuff<br />

She sends a letter home to say "I've come undone"<br />

All they say "that's tough"<br />

Another birthday pass her by and she has a dream<br />

One night that she can fly<br />

And she goes to work that day and all she does is cry cry cry<br />

And Sadie finally meet a man who dances a jig<br />

And she follows him down<br />

But don't he turn out to be a little angel of misery<br />

Living quiet in a private dream, protected by a frozen frown<br />

Periodically he looks up and says<br />

"Sadie, what's to become of you and me?"<br />

It's at these times that she holds his head<br />

Half wishing all the while that he's holding her instead<br />

And she finally tells him that and it blows his mind...<br />

Takes a little time, takes a little time, takes a little<br />

time.<br />

Takes a little time, takes a little time, takes a little<br />

time.<br />

It's so amazing what you don't find out<br />

When you're dancing!!