It’s Too Late Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time
There's something wrong here, there can be no denying
One of us is changing, or maybe we just stopped trying
[Chorus]
And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died
And I can't hide and I just can't fake it
Oh, no, no, no, no (No, no, no, no)
[Verse 2]
It used to be so easy living here with you
You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy and I feel like a fool
[Chorus]
And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it (We can't make it)
Something inside has died
And I can't hide and I just can't fake it
Oh, no, no
[Instrumental]
(Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do, dah)
Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time
There's something wrong here, there can be no denying
One of us is changing, or maybe we just stopped trying
[Chorus]
And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died
And I can't hide and I just can't fake it
Oh, no, no, no, no (No, no, no, no)
[Verse 2]
It used to be so easy living here with you
You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy and I feel like a fool
[Chorus]
And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it (We can't make it)
Something inside has died
And I can't hide and I just can't fake it
Oh, no, no
[Instrumental]
(Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do, dah)
[Verse 3]
There'll be good times again for me and you
But we just can't stay together, don't you feel it, too?
Still, I'm glad for what we had and how I once loved you
[Chorus]
But it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it (We can't make it now)
Something inside has died
And I can't hide and I just can't fake it
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
[Outro]
It's too late, baby
It's too late now, darlin'
It's too late
There'll be good times again for me and you
But we just can't stay together, don't you feel it, too?
Still, I'm glad for what we had and how I once loved you
[Chorus]
But it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it (We can't make it now)
Something inside has died
And I can't hide and I just can't fake it
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
[Outro]
It's too late, baby
It's too late now, darlin'
It's too late
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Genius Annotation
Arguably Carole King’s most popular song (and the competition is fierce). It was released as a single and topped the charts in April, 1971. Ironically, it was displaced as No. 1 by another one of Carole King’s songs – James Taylor’s version of You’ve Got a Friend.
It won the Grammy award as Record of the Year in 1972.
One of the many jewels in Tapestry.
One of the few songs in the album where the lyrics were written by another person – Toni Stern.
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Recorded At
A&M Studios, Los Angeles, California
Release Date
April 1971
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