Lyrics

I've got something I would like to tell you Those of you who don't have no God on your side If I were you this evening, I wouldn't wait too long I'd bow down on my knees and say, "for God I live And for God, I'm willing to die." You not feel like you need Him now But after awhile, when it's all over Somebody calling and you Won't be able to no longer answer Please listen to me and take this advice You may not You may not be able to see your mistakes now But look back over your life Listen to the song that we are singing And the words that tell you this, right here: [Refrain] (Don't let it be till too late) You may be doing fine now May have fine clothes to wear Ridin' around in fine automobiles But sooner or later, death gon' creep in your room Just like it have many a times There are those today, don't ever think about How good the Lord has been to them But please listen to me right now I have a story I wanna tell you right now Of a young man who left home a long time ago And there he left a mother and father there Went away and started having what he called a good time Drinking and gambling all day and all night long Forgot all about his poor mother and father But oh, one day when he came in, wearin' his fine clothes One day when he came in ridin' in his fine automobile When he walked in, he found the telegram Sticking under his door Saying, "if you wanna see her alive one more time You'd better get in a hurry" He thought about things he could've done, he hadn't done Thought about the times, oh he could have called home On the telephone but he failed to do so The first thing he did was fell down on his knees And said, "oh Lord, don't let me be too late" And as he rode down the highway I could hear him right now in my mind saying: "Lord, I know I've done wrong I should have called once in a while" But when he finally came home His little sister came out And threw her arms around his neck Had tears in her eyes She told him these words right here: [Refrain] "Too late, she's gone" "Too late, you're too late" She said she waited on you a long time She told him mother waited Oh, she waited with tears in her eyes sometime She waited with sorrow in heart sometime But you waited a little too long His sister told him the same words again, she said: [Refrain] "Too late, she's gone" "Too late, you're too late" The tears rolled down his eyes Sorrow was all in his heart But every time he looked his sister in the eye She was the same thing she's saying: "Too late, too late" Oh, oh, you waited too long, you waited too long Too late, too late Don't let it be said too late