[Verse 1] Woke up this mornin’, mirror told me the truth, Lines on my face, and I wasted my youth. Chased every shadow, every fleeting dream, But the clock’s been runnin’ faster than it seemed. I hear the freight train rollin’ on down the line, Each mile it travels is leavin’ me behind. [Chorus] It’s too late to run, too late to try, The road I needed was the one I passed by. I found the answer when the question was gone, Now I’m singin’ this blues, knowin’ I got it all wrong. Too late, yeah, it’s too late for me. [Verse 2] I played my hand with a gambler’s grin, Took the easy money, but I couldn’t win. Dreams like smoke, they fade in the air, Left me with nothin’, but the weight I bear. The stars in the sky were a map I ignored, Now I’m stranded here, wishin’ I’d done more. [Chorus] It’s too late to run, too late to try, The road I needed was the one I passed by. I found the answer when the question was gone, Now I’m singin’ this blues, knowin’ I got it all wrong. Too late, yeah, it’s too late for me. [Bridge] If I could turn back, just one single day, I’d walk a straighter line, I’d find my way. But the river don’t stop, it flows to the sea, And I’m just driftin’ where it carries me. [Chorus] It’s too late to run, too late to try, The road I needed was the one I passed by. I found the answer when the question was gone, Now I’m singin’ this blues, knowin’ I got it all wrong. Too late, yeah, it’s too late for me. [Outro] Woke up this mornin’, mirror told me the truth, Now I’m just a man who wasted his youth. Too late… too late for me. Too late… it’s too late for me.
