(Doo-doot Doo-oo Doo Doo Doo
Doo-doot Doo-oo Doo Doo Doo)
It's too late (too late, too late)
Said it's too late, yes it is (too late)
My love is gone away to stay (too late)
Don't you know it's too late now
Listen, children, I wanna tell you this
It's too late to cry (too late to cry)
It's too late to cry now (too late to cry)
My love is gone away, yes she has (too late)
Wo wo (too late) she has (too late)
[Spoken]:
I guess most of you are wonderin' why I always sing a sad song
But you see, I had a woman who was very good to me
And I can remember the times she used to sit down and tell me these words:
She said, "Pickett, I want you to know I love you from the bottom of my heart.
And whatever you need, I don't want you to go to your mother, father, your sister or your brother
I'll be a leanin' pole when you're fallin' down
When all your money's gone, I want you to know you can count on me."
But I didn't appreciate that woman, then.
You know what? I had to run and chase after every little girl around town.
So finally one day I got home and I found my little girl gone.
And people, you know it hurt me so bad (ha ha) I had to hang my little head and cry.
And then I began to read the letter she left for me layin' there; it read like this, children
It's too late, she's gone, oh yeah (too late, she's gone)
"It's too late I'm gone away" (too late, she's gone)
Ah yeah (too late) don't you know it, children (too late)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (too late, too late
Say that one more time (too late) listen (too late)
I want 'em to be able to understand what I'm talkin' 'bout (too late, too late)
Doo-doot Doo-oo Doo Doo Doo)
It's too late (too late, too late)
Said it's too late, yes it is (too late)
My love is gone away to stay (too late)
Don't you know it's too late now
Listen, children, I wanna tell you this
It's too late to cry (too late to cry)
It's too late to cry now (too late to cry)
My love is gone away, yes she has (too late)
Wo wo (too late) she has (too late)
[Spoken]:
I guess most of you are wonderin' why I always sing a sad song
But you see, I had a woman who was very good to me
And I can remember the times she used to sit down and tell me these words:
She said, "Pickett, I want you to know I love you from the bottom of my heart.
And whatever you need, I don't want you to go to your mother, father, your sister or your brother
I'll be a leanin' pole when you're fallin' down
When all your money's gone, I want you to know you can count on me."
But I didn't appreciate that woman, then.
You know what? I had to run and chase after every little girl around town.
So finally one day I got home and I found my little girl gone.
And people, you know it hurt me so bad (ha ha) I had to hang my little head and cry.
And then I began to read the letter she left for me layin' there; it read like this, children
It's too late, she's gone, oh yeah (too late, she's gone)
"It's too late I'm gone away" (too late, she's gone)
Ah yeah (too late) don't you know it, children (too late)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (too late, too late
Say that one more time (too late) listen (too late)
I want 'em to be able to understand what I'm talkin' 'bout (too late, too late)