What It Takes Lyrics

It takes two days in Paris to learn that you're poor

And two weeks in Berlin to learn that you're boring

It takes 33 years then a blink to turn forty

And five strong drinks to make you sick in the morning

It takes too many years spent chasing a dream

To learn that no-one in life ever helps you for free

And it takes the voice of a stranger singing your words

For you to believe that they're worth being heard

It takes a weekend in Amsterdam to wanna get sober

And a five minute phone call to learn that it's over

It takes getting used to waking up next to no-one

To find all the pieces of your heart when it's broken

It takes a gas station postcard saying "I'm Sorry"

And two hundred miles to start missing somebody

And another one written to my dad in a hurry

Cause I learned raising a kid takes a lifetime of worry

It takes climbing a mountain to learn how to fall

And apparently killing a camel just takes one final straw

Well I never thought too much of that metaphor

But then it hurt worse than dying to walk out that door

It takes six weeks in England in a town by the sea

To finally say what I actually mean

That if it takes pulling one thread for us to tear at the seams

I guess there's some things in life that just ain't meant to be

But it takes distance they say, to make our hearts grow fonder

And I think that it's true babe, but sometimes I wonder

Cause this might not kill me but I don't feel any stronger

So how is being apart gonna solve any problems?

So you went to Lyon, now you're heading to Rome

And I'm still too scared to ask if you're happier alone

Cause after all these years we spent sharing the road

Now it's only when you're with me that it feels like I'm home

Now I'm back on the train with my hat and guitar

Pretending like I'm some rock n roll star

And I might not get there, but at least I started!

It takes leaning in to the wind open-hearted

There's no path paved with gold that'll lead you to glory

It takes a life full of failures to tell a good story

And it takes time everyday to keep telling yourself

That you're worth more than how many records you sell

It takes two days in Paris to learn that you're poor

And two weeks in Berlin to learn that you're boring

When you're swimming upstream it's like you're stuck in one place

But I'm gonna show you I've got what it takes

Yeah I'm gonna show you I've got what it takes