Lyrics to
Too Late

This version of Too Late was released by Journey in 1979.

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See the stop-light turn-in’ red,
Don’t you listen to what it’s said.
All the things you try to hide,
They keep you runnin’ hard inside.Oh, you got to leave this town before it’s…
Too late, too late, too late, too late, too late,
Too late to make the change.

Oo, yes, my friend, you’re fadin’ fast, if you stay here you won’t last.
Before your time has run astray, you’ve got to try to get away.
Oh, you got to leave this place before it’s…
Too late, too late, too late, too late, too late,
Too late to make the change.
Too late, too late to make the change
Too late to make the change

Yes, it’s time to make the change, yes, it’s time to rearrange,
So, my friend, I join the fight for the things you know are right.
Oh, you got to leave this town before it’s…
Too late, too late, too late, too late, too late,
Too late to make the change.
Too late, too late to make the change
Too late, too late, to make the change
Too late to make the change
Too late, before it’s too late.

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About Lyrics and Too Late by Journey

The lyrics to Too Late are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Journey used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Too Late have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Journey and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Too Late by Journey. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Too Late" means the words set to the music of Too Late, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Journey. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Too Late and the lyrics to Too Late are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Journey who came here looking just for the lyrics to Too Late, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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