Michael Stanley Band: Take the time [lyrics]

Michael Stanley Band: Take the time [lyrics]

Michael Stanley Band

Take the time

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 just makes you crazy

   It has for so long

And the streets are full of fear tonight--

   Coming on strong...

You know, they're holed-up in Atlanta

   They're broke down in L.A.

They went and sold out Detroit--

   Puttting 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...

 And what we got to do, we got to...

 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 (oh no baby)

     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 they're hiding out in Maine...

And all the sons of true believers

   The daughters of dreams

And it can shake you when you find out--

   It ain't just what it seems...

 And we got to...

 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 (oh no, baby)

     Somewhere, down the line--

     You're gonna see that's all they give you

     So you might as well take the time...

Now is the hour

   Tomorrow might be too late

You gotta grab the moment--

   You just can't hesitate...

Cause you know that it's the children

   gonna pay for it all

Like the man said--

   "A hard rain's gonna fall"...

 And what we got to do, we got to...

 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 (oh no, no, no)

     Somewhere, down the line-- (on down the line)

     You're gonna see that's all they give you

     So you might as well take the time...

  Take the time

   Take the time

    Take the time

     Take the time

 Take the time for your friends

    'Cause you can't roll your own forever

     Somewhere, down the line-- (somewhere down the line)

     You're gonna see that's all they give you

     So you might as well take the time...

  

  You might as well take the time

  Take the time

   Take the time

    Take the time