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Artist: Built To Spill
Canonical path: /built-to-spill/it-took-a-long-time
Related lyric paths: 6
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It Took a Long Time
Read It Took a Long Time lyrics by Built To Spill on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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It Took a Long Time
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And it seems to take so long
And it's over then it's done
It took a long time
It took a long time
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It was the longest I've waited
It was the longest I've waited
And it seems to take so long
And it's over then it's done
It took a long time
It took a long time
It was the longest I've waited
For hours thinking of this
I'm always reaching for it
I'm always looking for it
Sometimes just so much brighter
Somewhere your world will tighten
You're always thinking of it
I'm always reaching for it
The such a solo
All times all right you got it
The so much
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Built To Spill performs "It Took a Long Time", and this lyric page sits inside the Built To Spill catalog on LyroVerse.
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