Name: It Takes a Long, Long Time
Duration: P00H02M51S
Description: This was a quarantine song. It's, shockingly, mostly about waiting.

ukulele, acoustic, solo voice, string, patience - It Takes a Long, Long Time

from Carry My Heart Over the Waves by Colleen McCandless

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This was a quarantine song. It's, shockingly, mostly about waiting.

lyrics

I think you thought I was in love with you
But I just missed you like a brother,
Like a bellyache, a bruise
And a wiser friend once told me
Sometimes boys are rubber bands
And they come back to you
I hope you'll be coming back, too

This house is really someone else's house
And though I've lived here for a while,
It still isn't quite my home
Quiet nights, I hear the harbor
Sea lion barks and buoy bells
And I feel far away
I wonder how long I'll stay

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And still I think someone will sing for me
I know I'm sensitive and silly,
But I'm tender and I'm true
I can close my eyes and listen
With a hopeful, humble heart,
A simple song to sing
Waiting at the end of my string

I learn my lessons from the trees and sky
And though I never do my homework,
I am present in the class
It's not hard to learn their language
But it's hard to speak it well
It takes a long, long time
It takes a long, long time
It takes a long, long time
It takes a long, long time

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from Carry My Heart Over the Waves, released June 4, 2021

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Colleen McCandless Los Angeles, California

I'm Colleen! I make music in California, along with acting and writing and whatnot. I hope you find something that you dig.

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