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Words & Music by Park Borchert
Too Late
Too Late
I think about it all the time now
what I did to let you down
I shoulda' maybe thought twice about it
before I went and let you down
You stare at me, your eyes so empty
while I try to reconcile
Your hair dyed black like an Italian widow
as if Death removed your smile
(chorus)
I changed my life for you, but its too late
I learned to be cool, but its too late
I've broken all your rules, but it's too late
for me and you and me and you anymore
You told me I need self evaluation
then you run uptown every night
I came back to show you truths I discovered
You wouldn't let me in your sight
You gave head to all your law school buddies
Slept with some waiter from a bar
you let your life get so stupid ugly
thought you were moving on so far
(chorus)
I changed my life for you, but its too late
I learned to be cool, but its too late
I've broken all your rules, now it's too late
for me and you and me and you anymore
I think about it all the time now
what I did to let you down
I shoulda' maybe thought twice about it
before I went and let you down
alone in some loft across the river
I watch the skyline in the night
I know you're out there with your young lover
Convince yourself that this one's right
(chorus)
I changed my life for you, but its too late
I learned to be cool, but its too late
I've broken all your rules, now it's too late
for me and you and me and you anymore
"Too Late" is a song I wrote during one of my darker periods. I was living alone in Williamsburg, in a loft that had neither heat or air conditioning. For some reason, fate had sent me there, like Napoleon to Elba. This is a song about a young woman, whom I met with at a deli on 23rd street, where I tried to apologize to her. She had told me for years that "I will always be there for you" and "I will (and have) always only been in love with you" and most ironically, "my love for you is unconditional". There came a time when I actually did need her to be there for me, and she was not. This was a person who always talked about other people having (or not having) character and being true to their word, like most of us talk about customer service. I guess people are there for you as long as they need you, but the minute they find someone to replace you, they don't have to be there anymore or even answer the phone. So this song is about the meeting with this girl and not knowing that she had already "moved on". At this point she had a new boyfriend. And there I was, sitting there thinking that this whole disruption in our lives could be emeliorated by my words and the $10,000 ring in my pocket. So I did the whole "I'm really sorry" thing, and all I got was an ice cold bottle of "you've really got to move on with your life" and "you take care of yourself, Park".
Boy, when you find out what really is going on, you feel so stupid. And when I feel stupid, I sing.
