Takes A Little Time

Ferron
 Still Riot
 Takes A Little Time
 Sadie's momma was a tanker always bowling her
 down to the ground
 And when Sadie got old enough she moved it on
 Her freedom was a one way bus to another town
 She had a little money, bought a dress and she put it on
 And she worked her days in an all night restaurant
 It was called believe or not... Anything You Want
 There was a woman on the graveyard shift that
 Sadie liked a lot
 And she even took to coming early just in case
 they could have some time
 It seemed that anything the graveyard lady wanted
 the graveyard lady got
 And Sadie decided the difference between them
 was a shadow line
 Years would fly before she'd bother to try
 to be her own true face
 Right now seemed like every thing was sadly stuck in place
 Hot town, Toronto, l951
 She sends a letter home to say "I've come undone"
 All they say "that's tough"
 Another birthday pass her by and she has a dream
 one night that she can fly
 And she goes to work that day and all she does is cry cry cry
 And Sadie finally meet a man who dances a jig
 and she follows him down
 But don't he turn out to be a little angel of misery
 Living quiet in a private dream, protected by a frozen frown
 Periodically he looks up and says
 "Sadie, what's to become of you and me?"
 It's at these times that she holds his head
 Half wishing all the while that he's holding her instead
 And she finally tells him that and it blows his mind...
 Takes a little time, takes a little time, takes a little
 time.
 Takes a little time, takes a little time, takes a little
 time.
 It's so amazing what you don't find out
 when you're dancing!