It's Too Late Lyrics - Jim Carroll

It's too late 

To fall in love with Sharon Tate 

But it's too soon 

To ask me for the words I want carved on my tomb 

I think it's time that you all start 

To think about gettin' by 

But I have that need to go out 

And find somebody to love 

It's too late 

There's no one left that I even wanna imitate 

You see, you just don't know 

I'm here to give you my heart and you want some fashion show 

But it ain't no contribution 

To rely on an institution 

To validate your chosen art 

And to sanction your boredom and let you play out your part 

It's too late you know when they got nothin' to give 

They only part their legs for what's negative 

They, they're so decadent 

Until their daddy's money from home's all spent 

So I think it's time, because it's too easy 

To rely on worshiping devils and strangers in bed 

Though they do get good drugs 

And they do give good head 

It's too late 

You shoulda realized I was worth the wait 

Ah, but you didn't hesitate 

When he took you off, you let him seal our fate 

So I think it's time that you all start 

To think about gettin' by 

Without that need to go out and find 

Somebody to love