Late

Album: Songs for Silverman (2005)
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  • Under some dirty words on a dirty wall
    Eating takeout by myself
    I played the shows
    Got back in the van and put the Walkman on
    And you were playing

    In some other dive a thousand miles away
    I played a thousand times before
    And like pathetic stars, the truck stops and the rock club walls
    I always knew
    You saw them too
    But you never will again

    It's too late
    Don't you know
    It's been too late
    For a long time

    Elliott, man, you played a fine guitar
    And some dirty basketball
    The songs you wrote
    Got me through a lot
    Just want to tell you that

    But it's too late
    It's too late
    No, don't you know
    it's been too late
    for a long time

    Oh no
    Things were looking up
    Least that's what I heard
    Oh no
    Someone came and washed away your hard-earned
    Peace of mind

    When desperate static beats the silence up
    A quiet truth to calm you down
    The songs you wrote
    Got me through a lot
    Just want to tell you that

    But it's too late
    It's too late
    No, don't you know
    It's been too late
    For a long time
    It's too late
    It's too late
    No, don't you know
    It's been too late
    For a long time Writer/s: BEN FOLDS, BENJAMIN SCOTT FOLDS
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Sarah from Madison, WiThis song makes me cry every time i hear it. He wrote it about Elliot Smith, who is amazing.
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