It Takes Too Long

by Jim Colegrove
©2009, Gold Tooth Music, BMI

It takes up time to get things done
It even takes time to have any fun
I don’t have much time to spend
I want quickly to get to the end
Whatever it is can’t go slow
It’s got to get over so I can go
It always takes longer than I think it should
It takes too long and that’s no good
It just takes too long

It takes too long
To watch the football game
It takes too long
To remember your name
It takes too long
To eat my dinner
It takes too long
When I want to be thinner
It just takes too long

It’s a speedy world in which we live
But it takes more time than I want to give
There’s every reason to make haste
I’ve got no time I want to waste
Attention spans a narrow breach
From here to there within my reach
Then there’s the time that might extend
It takes too long to reach the end
It just takes too long

It takes too long
To get fast relief
It takes too long
It’s my belief
It takes too long
To get home from work
It takes too long
To button my shirt
It just takes too long

It takes too long
To write this note
It takes too long
To cast my vote
It takes too long
Lookin’ for a lover
It takes too long
Choosin’ one or the other
It just takes too long

From the CD titled When We Danced on Cool Groove Records CD 110