[ti:Too Late To Die Young]
[ar:Dan Bern]
[al:Dan Bern]
[00:06.340]The day the Elvis died was like a mercy killing
[00:11.880]America breathed a sigh of relief
[00:15.920]We knew all about the drugs and the Vegas shows
[00:21.120]And there wasn't much of anything that looked like grief
[00:26.010]And I guess he shoulda done like James Dean did
[00:30.490]'Stead of putting on weight and sinking down, down, down
[00:35.260]Easier to take if he had just skidded straight
[00:40.000]To souvenir city and T-shirt town
[00:44.730]And sometimes I wish I was smarter that I am
[00:49.170]But I'm on my 3rd city
[00:51.670]And I'm on my 4th car
[00:53.800]And I'm on my 5th apartment
[00:55.890]And so many of my days have sprung
[00:59.600]And now it's too late to crash
[01:03.210]Too late to burn
[01:05.570]Too late to die young
[01:16.520]If Pete Rose had exploded like Roberto Clemente
[01:21.350]He'd be hanging in the Hall of Fame without fail
[01:25.940]Can you name the last good film Marlon Brando made
[01:30.780]While trying to keep his kid from going to jail
[01:35.140]And the old people in the street are telling you
[01:40.070]"Don't become like me" but
[01:43.870]Every day you creep a little bit closer
[01:48.750]And I guess we shoulda done like James Dean did
[01:54.180]'Stead of putting on weight and sinking down, down, down
[01:58.960]Easier to take if we'd have had just skidded straight
[02:03.580]To souvenir city and T-shirt town
[02:08.310]And sometimes I wish I was smarter that I am
[02:12.540]But I'm on my 3rd city
[02:15.160]And I'm on my 4th car
[02:17.480]And I'm on my 5th apartment
[02:19.820]And so many of my days have sprung
[02:23.090]And now it's too late to crash
[02:26.630]Too late to burn
[02:28.850]Too late to die
[02:32.390]Now its too late to crash
[02:35.800]Too late to burn
[02:38.080]Too late to die young