Lyrics to
How Much Time Does It Take

This version of How Much Time Does It Take was released by Don Williams in 1973.

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How much time does it take to get it right
How much time does it take to get along
Well, you worry me about it day and night
How much time does it take to get it right?

I’ve heard that life is like a song
When you find a friend well the world just sings along
But something’s wrong with you and me
‘Cause you wont sing the song and I can’t let it be.

How much time does it take to get it right
How much time does it take to get along
Well you worry me about it day and night
How much time does it take to get it right?

We’ve learned the words, we knew what to say
What about the feeling, lost along the way
You tried the waltz, 2 step gets you down
And I just get the feeling like sitting out a round.

How much time does it take to get it right
How much time does it take to get along
Well you worry me about it day and night
How much time does it take to get it right?

How much time does it take to get it right
How much time does it take to get along
Well you worry me about it day and night
How much time does it take to get it right?…

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Don Williams has released many songs over the years besides How Much Time Does It Take. Don Williams released songs from 1973 to 2004 spanning across albums like Don Williams, Vol. 1, Don Williams, Vol. 2, Don Williams, Vol. 3, You're My Best Friend, Harmony, Visions, Country Boy, Expressions, Portrait, I Believe In You, Especially For You, Listen To The Radio, Yellow Moon, Cafe Carolina, New Moves, Traces, One Good Well, Prime Cuts, True Love, Currents, Borrowed Tales, Flatlands, I Turned The Page, and My Heart To You. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Don Williams.

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The lyrics for How Much Time Does It Take are defined as the words making up the song released by Don Williams in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to How Much Time Does It Take have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Don Williams and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to How Much Time Does It Take by Don Williams if you think through it. 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 How Much Time Does It Take" means the words set to the music of How Much Time Does It Take, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Don Williams. 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 How Much Time Does It Take and the lyrics to How Much Time Does It Take are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Don Williams who came here looking just for the lyrics to How Much Time Does It Take, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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