Way Too Late

Larry Hill wrote 'Way Too Late' in 1988.

This version was created in January 2025. The video was also composed at that time. The original 1991 audio can be heard in the video below.

"Woman you left me lonely, when I was ever the decent man,
You looked straight through me almost all of my life, coining the courtesan.
Woman you left me lonely, for a man of wealth and means,
Glitter and gloss and luxury and a desert of broken dreams.

And it's a way too late!
It's a way too late, you had your chances,
It's a way too late!
It's a way to late to make amends.
It's a way too late!
It's a way too late...

Woman I hear you weeping, over him you cannot control.
Yet there was a time when danger was pretty and the nice guys left you cold.
Woman I hear you weeping for a life as it used to be,
For a beautiful boy at the back of the class, whom you never could see.

It's a way too late!
It's a way too late, you had your chances,
It's a way too late!
It's a way to late to make amends.
It's a way to late!
It's a way too late...

Seventeen and so mature,
Never had time for the boy next door.
A girl's gotta have an insurance plan,
Gotta go coin the courtesan...
While you can.

Way too late!
It's a way too late, you had your chances,
It's a way too late!
It's a way to late to make amends.
It's a way too late!
It's a way too late...

Woman you say you need me, as the cold earth needs the sun,
As a woman as a lover as a friend forever, as a dream you thought was done.
Woman you say you love me, I've won your heart somehow,
But you looked straight through me almost all of my life, it's too late for both of us now.
Too late for both of us now...

'Cos it's a way too late!
It's a way too late, you had your chances,
It's a way too late!
It's a way too late to make amends.
It's a way too late!
It's a way too late...

Yes, it's a way too late!
It's a way too late, you had your chances,
It's a way too late!
It's a way too late to make amends.
It's a way too late!
It's a way too late!
It's a way too late.
WAY TOO LATE!!!"