ThomasRedheart

<p><strong>Give It Time</strong></p><p><strong>Lyrics By: Thomas W. Peterson AKA RedHeart&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;©COPYRIGHT 8–22-25 All Rights Reserved ©</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Verse 1:</strong></p><p><strong>She packed her bags this morning, said she needed space to breathe,</strong></p><p><strong>Twenty years of marriage lying broken at my feet,</strong></p><p><strong>I begged her not to leave me, said we could work it out,</strong></p><p><strong>But she just shook her head and said she had too many doubts.</strong></p><p><strong>Now I'm sitting in this empty house with pictures on the wall,</strong></p><p><strong>Wondering how we got here, wondering how we fell.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chorus:</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, that's what everybody's saying,</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, the hurt will fade away,</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, and maybe she'll come back to me,</strong></p><p><strong>But time's the one thing that I'm running out of these days.</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, give it time,</strong></p><p><strong>But my heart can't wait that long.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Verse 2:</strong></p><p><strong>The kids call every Sunday, ask when mama's coming home,</strong></p><p><strong>I tell them that she's thinking, but I feel so alone,</strong></p><p><strong>My friends all say I'm better off, that I should let her go,</strong></p><p><strong>But they don't understand the love that only we could know.</strong></p><p><strong>I drive by her apartment, see her car there in the drive,</strong></p><p><strong>Wonder if she's missing me, wonder if our love's alive.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chorus:</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, that's what everybody's saying,</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, the hurt will fade away,</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, and maybe she'll come back to me,</strong></p><p><strong>But time's the one thing that I'm running out of these days.</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, give it time,</strong></p><p><strong>But my heart can't wait that long.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Bridge:</strong></p><p><strong>I know that I made mistakes, said things I can't take back,</strong></p><p><strong>But love like ours don't come around, we can't just let it crack,</strong></p><p><strong>Maybe time will heal the wounds, maybe time will show the way,</strong></p><p><strong>But right now time's my enemy, stealing her away.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Final Chorus:</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, that's what everybody's saying,</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, the hurt will fade away,</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, and maybe she'll come back to me,</strong></p><p><strong>But time's the one thing that I'm running out of these days.</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time, give it time,</strong></p><p><strong>But my heart can't wait that long.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Outro:</strong></p><p><strong>Yeah, give it time,</strong></p><p><strong>But I'm running out of time,</strong></p><p><strong>Give it time,</strong></p><p><strong>Lord, I'm running out of time.</strong></p>