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You Came Too Late

from Green Hearts by Lesley Barth

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I thought I knew.
Then there was you.
Oh, lover, you came too late.
Youthful and strong,
You were made for a song,
But, lover, you came too late.

I’ve always been the kind of woman who had faith,
But didn’t know exactly where she could place it.
And when you came around, you shook up my foundations.
You made me hungry, when I’ve no way to taste it.

Catching your eyes –
Those desire-filled sighs.
It’s cruel how life makes you wait
For that soft, slightest touch
That’s already too much.
Have mercy, oh, Brother Fate!

You’ve always been the kind of man who makes a plan,
You don’t sit around and wait for someone else to make it.
Sometimes I’d look at you – I knew I better leave,
‘Cause when you see something you want, you go and take it.

Tender and sweet,
All those words you repeat,
But, lover, they came too late.

We’re not the first and we are certainly not last
To feel that flame even while we do our best to tame it.
See, lust can only do so much when you remember
The fastest way to tame a flame is to rename it.

I have been sure not to open the door
For others who’ve tempted fate.
But this urge is so strong,
I’ll be longing for long.
‘Cause, lover, you came too late.

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from Green Hearts, released January 27, 2017

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Lesley Barth New York, New York

NYC singer/songwriter Lesley Barth's debut full-length Green Hearts, a 2017 album charting the course of young love, has been referred to as "one of the most intelligent, evocative albums to appear in recent years (Anti-Heroin Chic)."

Barth's sophomore album, Big Time Baby, will be out May 15th, 2020. ... more

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