Take Your time
Buddy Holly Lyrics


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Take your time
I can wait
For all the love I know will be mine
If you take your time

Take your time,
though it's late
Heart strings will sing like a string of twine
If you take your time

Take your time
and take mine too
I have time to spend
Take your time
go with me through
Times 'till all times end

Take your time
I can wait
For all the love I know will be mine
If you take your time

Take your time
and take mine too
I have time to spend
Take your time
go with me through
Times 'till all times end

Take your time
I can wait




For all the love I know will be mine
If you take your time

Overall Meaning

In this song, Buddy Holly urges his love interest to take things slowly and not rush into love. He believes that the love he seeks will come to him if he is patient and lets things unfold naturally. He assures his love interest that he can wait for her and that their love will be worth it if she takes her time.


The lyrics exemplify the timeless belief that patience often yields better outcomes than hasty decisions. It's a sentiment that continues to resonate with listeners, particularly in the realm of romantic relationships.


The use of metaphors in the song also adds depth to the lyrics. For example, when Holly sings, "Heart strings will sing like a string of twine," he is comparing the sound of heartstrings to a musical instrument, indicating that he believes their love will produce beautiful music.


Overall, "Take Your Time" is a gentle love song that encourages patience and trust in the journey of love.


Line by Line Meaning

Take your time
You should not rush things.


I can wait
I am willing to wait.


For all the love I know will be mine
I am confident that I will eventually receive love.


If you take your time
If you slow down and take your time, we can make it work.


Take your time, though it's late
I understand that it's late, but it's okay if you take your time.


Heart strings will sing like a string of twine
If we are patient, our love will be beautiful and harmonious.


Take your time and take mine too
We should take our time together and enjoy each other.


I have time to spend
I have the time to wait for love.


Take your time go with me through times 'till all times end
Let's take our time together and be there for each other forever.


For all the love I know will be mine If you take your time
I'm confident that we will find love if we are patient.




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BUDDY HOLLY, NORMAN PETTY

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Appalachian Outcast

An interesting fact:

look almost just like him. I’m from Texas, have a bit of a similar voice, and play guitar and some other instruments. I remember singing a while ago and my parents and everybody said I reminded them of Buddy Holly. Then my parents looked at my family tree. There he was. On my family tree. I’m also same religion as him. I’m a baptist he was too. And I realized that my father looked like buddy too. I am happy to be related to him. I impersonate him

Some information about Buddy Holly:

Buddy Holly was only 22 when he died and sang since he was around 13. He was in a country and western duo with bob Montgomery for a while then he joined the crickets in late 1957. They had good songs together, such as, Oh Boy!, Peggy Sue, That’ll be the day, Everyday, and words of love. He was no doubt great at a lot. I don’t like him because he’s my relative, I like him because he has talent. I was a fan of him before I figured out I was related to him. But his band was mainly friends but he had his 3rd cousin by marriage join. Niki Sullivan was in there but then quit because he wasn’t a fan of the traveling. Then it was stuck with Buddy Holly, Joe B Mauldin, and Jerry Allison. Then the crickets got in a argument because Buddy wanted to record in New York. But Jerry and joe wanted to stay in Clovis New Mexico. Also Joe and Jerry were drinking a little bit. Then Buddy on a tour that took his life along with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Maria Elena Holly had a miscarriage and lost the baby. She was devastated and she never remarried again. February 3rd 1959 was then nicknamed The Day The Music Died. And there is some theories that Buddy shot The Big Bopper but there was no way it was possible for Buddy, Ritchie, or The Big Bopper to live. The last thing I want to say is....


R.I.P



All comments from YouTube:

mcbillygoat !

This melody truly sounds like a Beatles song with a John Lennon influence. I can see them doing this song like they’ve done others. Buddy is all class forever.

rebecca simantov

Not surprising... after all the Beatles were greatly influenced by Buddy Holly!

Antonio Navarrete

The Beatles .....The Crickets....You know

80s Babe jones

Yeah so talented at such a young age. Not only a great singer but he also changes his voice at different times in most his songs, which he also wrote himself. A genius. Not to forget he also made some of his guitars. Willie Nelson still has one that Buddy made. Total tragedy that we lost him at the start of his career. Not forgetting Richie Valence and the Big Bopper. They shine bright now and for always as stars in the sky. Boys you are sadly missed but always in out hearts and your music lives on. R.I.P. We love you 💖💖💖

ninjabluewings

One of my all time favourites of this LEGENDARY SINGER! it has such a delicious sound and a very simple arrangement which really shows up Buddy's incredibly musical voice, this recording is pretty much bare in instrumental accompaniment and there is very little if any reverb on his voice so pretty raw in the mix so to speak and whoever enginered this recording nailed this one to the wall, just spectacular 😍😍😍😍

aproffittable

Not even on his Greatest Hits and one of his best Songs in my opinion. Just shows how great this Legend was in such a little amount of Time

pteromalid

My father played keyboard on this song, and improvised his part. The Crickets didn't have a piano players, so whenever Buddy wanted piano on his studio recording, my father was the studio musician he used. My father never met Buddy Holly or the Crickets, he just created some tracks for them.

George Poth

There are only two sessions where Holly recorded this track: February 13, 1958 (which was a Thursday), and June 6/7, 1958. This release was Take 4 from the February session because Takes 1 and 2 were incomplete, and Take 3 was released only in 1995. The organ was played by Norman Petty on all sessions. By the way, Buddy hated all songs with organs.

Kevin Casson

Your dad Glen D Hardin?. What's ya dad's name if not the above! Saying that i'm sure it's Vi Petty on Celest!

Carol Ruel

Years ago, I used this recording to train my dance students, as well as to back up my own performances. Someday soon I'll see you again. We all love you, Buddy.

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