Too Late To Cry [Rounder] lyrics

When I step on board that big jet plane
I'll be leaving our love behind
I hope it's wings will carry me somewhere
I can mend this heart of mine.

Chorus:
So don't follow me, don't follow me
I'm bound to a place I can't recall
I feel the big jet slice through midnight skies
I'll search for the answers alone
And wait for the time to go home.

Hear the wind outside, blowin' loud and strong

--- Instrumental ---

(John Pennell)

I think I'll take my foolish heart, my friend, and head right for the door
There'll be a better world waitin' if I do
'Cause I know I've been down this road a time or two before,
The only time I let my heart turn to you.

Now, I won't be blue with dreams that won't come true.
I'll take my heart, and head right for the door.

(Tony Trischka)

--- Instrumental ---

(John Pennell)

I've lived a life full of sorrow
With nowhere to run or to hide
Happiness you'll see is borrowed
All I want is you by my side.

Gentle river take me away
To the time of happier days
All I need is love and company
Gentle river bring him back to me.

--- Instrumental ---

You can spend all your time a crying
Listen here I don't need your sympathy
'Cause I've made my life to live it

(John Pennell)

If I give my heart to you tonight
Will you still be by my side?
Or will you be gone with the morning sun
Like a restless bird in flight?

Take me in your arms
Let the love you seek
Wash away your sorrow,
Let the morning be ours to keep.

--- Instrumental ---

And if I should tell you of the love that I feel
Will you still be there for me
Or will I awake to a faded love

(John Pennell)

There's a chill on this evening nights right for greaving
Darkness surrounds him as he wanders alone
He walked past the dim lights the pathways and street lights
They remind him of nights long ago.

When his love was strong
And his muscles hard
His whiskey throat
Was barley marred.

Seeking the misfortune in the lies that he told
Then a broken heart bought him to his knees

(Rodney Crowell)

I don't drink as much as I used to
Yes, lately that just ain't my style
And the hard times don't last like they used to
They pass more quickly like when I was a child.

Chorus:
And somehow I've learned how to listen
To a sound like the sun goin' down
In the magic the morning is bringing
There's a song for a life I have found
It keeps my feet on the ground.

--- Instrumental ---

(John Pennell)

Come take me by my trembling hand
And hold me close to you
And think of all the days gone by
The day when love was true.

Come go with me to the old depot
And wave your hand good-bye
I know I've done you wrong sweetheart
But now it's too late to cry.

Sweetheart of mine, I hate to go
And leave you here all alone
May God protect and keep you
Wherever you may roam...

(Nelson Mandrell)

Could your heart ever be mine
Your arms hold me so close to you
All through the night
Your eyes gaze into mine
Saying I should believe you
I always do, I don't know why.

'Cause you taught me a lesson the hard way one time
Told me you loved me but then changed your mind
I never told no one how I hurt down inside until now
Sleep on.

Could your heart ever be mine