[Intro – EMO:Slow Friday Setup – Male Vocalist – No drums yet] *vinyl crackle, Fender Rhodes electric piano warm chords, soft conga shuffle, distant tenor saxophone breath* Mm, yeah Take your time, baby Take your time [Verse 1 – EMO:Patient Intimacy – Male Vocalist – Rhodes, bass enters walking, light congas] The kids are sleeping The lights are low I poured you something You can drink it slow I been waiting all week For a Friday like this one Where the phone don't ring And the world don't run You don't have to perform You don't have to be on Take that dress off when you want to Or leave it on till dawn [Pre-Chorus – EMO:Smooth Lift – Male Vocalist – saxophone enters soft, strings warm underneath] We got nowhere to be And nothing to prove And the only assignment Is the way that you move [Chorus – EMO:Silky Smooth Devotion – Male Vocalist + layered falsetto harmonies – full groove, sax answers, congas, walking bass] Take your time, take your time Baby, take your time tonight Take your time, take your time We got all the time in life I been loving you twelve years now And I'm still learning how Take your time, take your time And let the night unwind Take your time [Verse 2 – EMO:Naming The Real Thing – Male Vocalist – groove deepens, sax tasteful] I know what you been carrying The week was long, the kids were hard You don't have to put it down for me I just want to sit here in the yard Of who you are when nobody's watching Of who you are when the lights are dim I been studying you patient Like you study the recipes you swim I know the way you laugh when you're really laughing I know the way you sigh when you're really tired I know the look you give before you ask me And I'm already saying yes before you require [Pre-Chorus – EMO:Sax Soaring – Male Vocalist – saxophone fuller, strings widen] We got nowhere to be And nothing to prove And the only assignment Is the way that you move [Chorus – EMO:Silky Smooth Devotion – Male Vocalist + fuller harmonies] Take your time, take your time Baby, take your time tonight Take your time, take your time We got all the time in life I been loving you twelve years now And I'm still learning how Take your time, take your time And let the night unwind Take your time [Saxophone Solo – EMO:Sensual Tenor Sax – instrumental break – sax takes the lead, Rhodes and walking bass underneath, congas] *tenor saxophone solo carries the melodic line for eight bars, warm and smooth* [Bridge – EMO:Quiet Devotion – Male Vocalist – production thins, Rhodes and bass only, breathing room] Twelve years and you still make me nervous Twelve years and you still make me look Twelve years of learning the patience Of every single chapter of the book That nobody else has read of you That nobody else can know I'm not in a hurry, baby I just want to take it slow Take your time Take your time [Final Chorus – EMO:Full Smooth Soul – Male Vocalist + widest harmonies – sax weaving, full production] Take your time, take your time Baby, take your time tonight Take your time, take your time We got all the time in life I been loving you twelve years now And I'm still learning how Take your time, take your time And let the night unwind Take your time Take your time [Outro – EMO:Vinyl Fade – Male Vocalist – sax tail, Rhodes sustaining, vinyl crackle] *tenor saxophone tail, Rhodes electric piano sustaining, vinyl crackle, soft conga* Take your time Take your time Baby *vinyl crackle, soft fade*
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