I'll Take My Sweet Sweet Time
Story behind the song
Eh, I lost my father last year. My mother doesn't even know my name anymore. I have to face it... I'm getting old, but I'm in no rush.
Lyrics
I’ll Take My Sweet, Sweet Time.
[v1]
I skip a stone,
the ripples
make their way
across the river,
where I watch them slip away.
She waves me closer,
I feel her breath,
and the pull of death,
they make me shiver,
as she slips away.
[ch1]
I woke up on this bank
of mud and slime, and I’m filthy from the climb.
Now I take my sweet, sweet time.
[v2]
She is a thief,
those grains of sand
spill from my hand,
when I try to hold her,
I watch her slip away...
She waits for no one
‘cept for fools
and misfit children,
just try to hold her,
and watch her slip away.
[ch2]
And to feel that last caress,
I guess I’m gonna give her my last dime,
But I’ll take my sweet sweet time.
[br]
I’ll take my sweet sweet time,
yeah, I’ll take my sweet sweet time.
I’ll take my sweet sweet time,
I’ll take my sweet sweet time.
[v3]
Hands on her face,
she circles ‘round and ‘round,
I chase her down
to the garden,
to watch her slip away,
She nods to the executioner,
looks back at me
and whispers
“there is no pardon”,
as she slips away.
[ch3]
And for all this sweet success,
I guess I’m just an old man, past his prime,
But I’ll take my sweet sweet time.
[outro]
I’ll take my sweet sweet time.
