it don't take but a few minutes

when i see those big brown eyes is when i take my queue

it don't take me but a few minutes to get a message through

i talked to you

and you talked to me and we talked to one another

it don't take us but a few minutes to understand each other

if i was twenty-three years old and you were twenty-two

i bet no one would try to run our lives the way they do

we take a chance and try romance

be true to one another

it don't take us but a few minutes

when we want each other

if i was in san diego and you were in portland

maine

i'd fly to you lock

stock and bone in hail and pouring rain

over the mountains

through the valleys

coming home to each other

it don't take us but a few minutes to get to one another

you would write a love song and play on my guitar

and if you should

in hollywood

become a movie star

would you let your heart forget

i loved you and you only

it don't take but a few minutes

when you're feeling lonely