Hammond XK-3
Congratulations! You're engaged!
Then, you meet someone, someone at school
or the office -- someone you see a lot --
and they seem just perfect.
Now, what do you do?
Don't ask me why there's a 16 bar rippin' guitar solo
in the middle of a sad love song. I don't know.
Some songs just have a mind of their own.
I know you've been wondering why I've stayed away.
It's not that I don't want you here,
To have you close or hold you near but
Another time, so long ago, I told a girl my heart was true.
Now, I wish there was room for you but
Love and all its jealous ways
Keeps reminding me of a promise I made.
The message from above: it's too late for love.
Where were you when I was feeling all my doubt
And why are you here just in time to be left out?
Sometimes, I feel that life just likes to rub it in.
Shows me one by one all that could have been.
You know I've been wondering why you went away
And did not even let me know.
I wish my heart would just let go but
Another time, so long ago, you could have found your way to me,
Loving, growing endlessly but
Love and all its jealous ways
Keeps reminding me of a promise I made.
The message from above: it's too late for love.
Where were you when I was feeling all my doubt
And why are you here just in time to be left out?
Sometimes, I feel that life just likes to rub it in.
Shows me one by one all that could have been.
Lately, I've been wondering what's meant for us all:
To live our lives in victory or just keep from living miserably and
So, I decide to live by the rules
And feel I've neither lost nor won;
Wish my life could be undone but
Love and all its jealous ways
Keeps reminding me of a promise I made.
The message from above: it's too late for love.
Hammond XK-3