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Artist: Patti LaBelle
Canonical path: /patti-labelle/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 Patti LaBelle on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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It Took A Long Time
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It took a long time
To find this place
It took a long time
To see my faith
It took a long time
To recognize your face
It took a long time
Running around
It took a long time (for the first time in my life)
For me to find this place
It took a long time (for the first time in my life)
I got a chance to see my faith
It took a long time (for the first time in my life)
To recognize your face
It took a long time (for the first time in my life)
Running around
Nothing good comes easy
Nothing makes it fast
No one ever made love over night, to last
So it took so many, many... yes to me
Till' it came together
I won't... it got to leave... yes i won't
It took a long time
It took a long time
It took a long time
It took a long time
It took a long time
It took a long time
It took a long time
To find this place
It took a long time
To see my faith
It took a long time
To recognize your face
It took a long time
Running around
Wonder where you are are going
I'm gonna go your way
It took a long time (for the first time in my life)
To find this place
It took a long time (for the first time in my life)
To see my faith
It took a long time (for the first time in my life)
To recognize your face
It took a long time (for the first time in my life)
(i got a chance to see my faith) running around
It took a long time
It took a long time
It took a long time
It took a long time
It took a long time
It took a long time
It took a long time(for the first time in my life)
To find this place (for the first time in my life)
It took a long time (for the first time in my life)
I got a chance to see my faith (for the first time in my life)
It took a long time (for the first time in my life)
To recognize your face (for the first time in my life)
It took a long time (for the first time in my life)
(i got a chance to see my faith) running around [x2]
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