[Verse 1] I’m leaning by the corner store With one hand wrapped around my coat A paper cup goes cold beside me The afternoon is moving slow No need to solve the week right now No need to make the minutes pay A car can turn up when it turns up I get this quiet either way [Pre-Chorus] The bench is warm from someone else A sparrow picks at crumbs below I watch the clouds rearrange themselves And let the waiting be enough [Chorus] Let it take its time, let it take its time I’ve got nowhere I have to be tonight Let the engine hum somewhere down the line For a little while, this stillness is mine [Verse 2] A woman laughs into her phone A dog pulls hard against its lead The traffic folds around the block Like water finding where to be I used to fill the empty space With lists of things I’d failed to do But now I hear the leaves turn over And feel the day come back in view [Pre-Chorus] The sign keeps blinking open, closed The light changes twice, then changes slow I breathe beneath the ordinary And let the waiting be enough [Chorus] Let it take its time, let it take its time I’ve got nowhere I have to be tonight Let the engine hum somewhere down the line For a little while, this stillness is mine [Bridge] If the ride is late, I’ll stay here If the ride is late, I’ll stay here There’s a blue cup rolling in the gutter There’s a gold thread caught in the weather And I don’t have to chase it I don’t have to name it I can meet the world exactly where it is [Final Chorus] Let it take its time, let it take its time Now the whole wide evening is opening its eyes Let the engine hum somewhere down the line I was looking for a way out, found a little peace of mind Let it take its time, let it take its time When the headlights turn, I’ll wave and climb inside But until that moment, this stillness is mine A small and steady mercy at the edge of the night [Outro] Let it take its time I’ll be right here Let it take its time The road can wait a little longer
