Lyrics to
Give Me Time

This version of Give Me Time was released by The Hollies in 1975.

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Back off baby
Don’t lean too hard
I’ll come ’round when I’m ready
I ain’t finished my playing ’round
Don’t want to go steady

You gotta give me time
Give me time give me time
You gotta give me time
Give me time give me time

The feeling in me ain’t the same as yours
I’m still first-class flying
You’ve gotta wait till I reach the ground
No need to be lying

To think it over

Don’t try so hard
Don’t spoil your chance
Don’t try so hard
Don’t spoil your chance

To think it over

Give me time
Give me time give me time
You gotta give time
Give me time give me time

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The Hollies has released many songs over the years besides Give Me Time. The Hollies released songs from 1964 to 1998 spanning across albums like Stay With The Hollies, In The Hollies Style, Hollies, For Certain Because, Would You Believe?, Butterfly, Evolution, Hollies Sing Dylan, Hollies Sing Hollies, Confessions Of The Mind, Distant Light, Romany, Another Night, Russian Roulette, Write On, A Crazy Steal, 5317704, Buddy Holly, What Goes Around, The Hollies At Abbey Road 1963-1966, and The Hollies At Abbey Road 1966-1970. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Hollies.

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The lyrics to Give Me Time are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Hollies in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Give Me Time are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Hollies and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Give Me Time back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Give Me Time by The Hollies in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Give Me Time" means the words set to the music of Give Me Time, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Give Me Time and the lyrics to Give Me Time are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Give Me Time, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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