Take It Easy
Embrace the Rhythm of Patience: Take It Easy with Delbert McClinton
Lyrics
If you take your time, you'll get what you want
If you're patient, you will eventually achieve your desires.
If you take your time, honey, you'll get just what you want
Reiteration of the importance of patience in attaining one's desires.
So don't hurry me, don't worry me, take it easy baby
Advising not to rush or cause anxiety, emphasizing the need to take things slowly.
If you take it slow, then you'll find I know
Encouraging a leisurely pace, suggesting that taking things slow leads to a better experience.
If you take it slow you'll get that feeling more and more
Repeating the idea that a gradual approach intensifies positive emotions.
So don't hurry me, hurry me, worry me, take it easy, baby
Emphasizing once again the importance of not hurrying and worrying, but rather taking it easy.
I said I won't be like I used to know
Expressing a personal commitment not to repeat past behaviors.
You get my feeling of my pride and joy
Referring to the joy and pride experienced in a relationship.
When I'm holdin' you baby, I feel like a baby
Feeling vulnerable and youthful when holding the person addressed as "baby."
But if you take your time, you'll get what you want
Reiterating the idea that patience leads to obtaining one's desires.
So don't hurry me, hurry me, worry me, take it easy
Reemphasizing the need to avoid haste and worry while advocating for an easygoing approach.
Take it easy, honey and don't worry, don't rush me darlin'
Encouraging the partner to take it easy and not rush the speaker.
I said I won't be like I used to know
Reiterating the commitment to avoid past behaviors in the relationship.
You get my feeling of my pride and joy
Recalling the joy and pride experienced in the relationship.
When I'm holdin' you baby, I feel like a baby
Expressing a sense of vulnerability and youthfulness when holding the partner.
But if you take it slow, then you'll find I know
Stressing the positive outcomes of a slow and deliberate approach in deepening emotions.
If you take it slow, you gonna feel it more and more
Reiterating the idea that taking things slow intensifies the emotional experience.
So don't hurry me, hurry me, worry me, take it easy, baby
Final emphasis on the importance of not hurrying, worrying, and taking things easy in the relationship.
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