There's a man in the mountains Of east Tennessee With three generations Of makin' that gentleman's drink He pours in his soul And then the corn from his land And he let's that old clock Do what only it can ♪ We were kids when I met her And I quit that small town A handful of years later, oh just look at her now Just like that whiskey, she grew strong and smooth And ol' father time he knew just what to do It takes time You can't rush your way right through this life Time, no a crop don't grow overnight Time, you gotta put the work in to get it right Woah, lord it just takes time ♪ A bird dropped a seed And it bloomed in the woods It took two-hundred years To fall from where it stood, yeah It took the hands of a maker And the sweat from his brow To make that tree this guitar I'm playing now It takes time You can't rush your way right through this life Time, no a crop don't grow overnight Time, you gotta put the work in to get it right Ooh, lord it just takes time, yeah ♪ It takes time, you can't rush your way right through this life Time, no a crop don't grow overnight Time, you gotta put the work in to get it right Ooh, lord it just takes time I said woah, lord it just takes time Yeah, time, time, time, time (ooh) Woo (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)