The alarm rings
It's cloudy outside
I wasted a chance to rekindle romance that had died
Tomorrow
Is sadly today
Yesterday morning
I could have made a new start
With the simplest surprise, I could light up her eyes and her heart
But I waited
A little too long
To make her mine again
There's so many things I could have done
So many things
Like painting a picture or cooking some rice
Building a rack for her shakers of spice
I could have been there to help make her mine
But I wasn't
Now I'm twenty-four hours behind
Shall I call her?
Or leave her alone?
When you think long, you think wrong
And it's nobody's fault but your own
To make her mine again
There's so many things I could have done
So many things
So many things
So many things I could have done
Like filling the lamp oil or copying keys
Afternoon sailing along on the breeze
I could have been there to help make her mine
But I wasn't
Now it's much too late for
Watering roses or holding her hand
Writing her name with a stick in the sand
I could have been there to help make her mine
But I wasn't
Now I'm twenty-four hours behind