Too Late Now (1990)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well, it's a nice bit of heritage with an electric gate You tell her: Darling, this is a happy man's estate Stop and frown now like a good dog bit your hand All these years and you still don't understand [Chorus] That it's too late now for English roses Too late now for your sunset shires Too late now to chase those milkmaids Too late now to play the squire Too late now for second chances Too late now for a change of heart Too late now You won't be needed when this whole thing falls apart It's time to go [Verse 2] Ride by the river, blaze away across the moors You tell the bright young men: You say, all this can be yours Weekend in the country, you can live out on the land All these years and you still don't understand [Chorus] That it's too late now for boyhood heroes Too late now for your sunset shires Too late now for your tunes of glory Too late now to play the squire Too late now for second chances Too late now for a change of heart Too late now You won't be needed when this whole thing falls apart It's time to go Can you feel the cold wind blow? [Chorus] Too late now for second chances Too late now for a change of heart Too late now You won't be needed when this whole thing falls apart It's time to go [Verse 3] You bought up the props for a world that never was Now there's holes in the scenery and there's less and less applause We are all ungrateful bastards, like a dog that bit your hand All these years and you still don't understand [Chorus] That it's too late now for grace and favour Too late now for your sunset shires Too late now to play the servants Too late now while you play the squire Too late now for second chances Too late now for a change of heart Too late now We'll all die laughing when this whole thing falls apart It's too late now [Outro] We'll all die laughing when this whole thing falls apart It's too late now Too late now Too late now Too late now Too late now (It's too late, too late now) Too late now (Too late now, too late now) Too late now (It's too late, it's too late) Too late now (It's too late, it's too late now) Too late now