Always Too Late

Missed that bus down in Nashville

Watched the red lights fade from view

I was reachin' for tomorrow

When today just slipped on through

All my plans are paper lanterns

Blowin' out before they shine

Guess the world keeps turnin

While I'm stuck one step behind

I'm always too late

When the moment's callin' my name

Love's already gone

And I've only myself to blame

Like a slow freight train on a broken rail

I roll in after the gate

Yeah, the story of my heart

Is always too late

Letters in a drawer I never mailed

Promises I swore but failed

I chased a dream across the plains

But the sunset outran the trail

Every"I love you" I meant to say

Is a song the night wind plays

And the echoes fade to silence

Before the dawn can raise

I'm always too late

When the moment's callin' my name

Love's already gone

And I've only myself to blame

Like a slow freight train on a broken rail

I roll in after the gate

Yeah, the story of my heart

Is always too late

Maybe time's a restless river

No one ever learns to tame

But I keep hopin' for a shiver

Of mercy in the rain

I'm always too late

When the moment's callin' my name

Love's already gone

And I've only myself to blame