Now That It's Too Late, Maria

The flicker of the candle looks like a one way conversation Reacting to something nobody else could see While I sit at the table and relive the whole situation Until the valet who wants to go home Comes in and gives me my keys And tonight every single star is shining The power lines all sizzle and buzz And now that it’s too late, Maria I see it all for what it was There’s nothing sadder than a streetlight Shining on a stretch of empty sidewalk Or maybe the fog that I’ve been living in Has lifted for the first time in weeks Every day’s been a step forward perfecting the art of the small talk So I never have to say something I might really mean But I remember all those final words that you told me How I was too green to be blue But now that it’s too late, Maria I can see how that was true Now when I am in your city I come across the company you’ve been keeping They all hit it off so well with some infamous ghost of my past It’s so hard to imagine what you could have possibly told them Some wonder how I’m doing but most don’t even ask But now every single door stands open I even signed some autographs And now that it’s too late, Maria We can both look back and laugh There’s always more to say but I’m just skipping to the ending When you move back to Texas and I meet a girl who wants to change her name When we both start to forget the problems That were never worth having And everybody goes on living watching nothing really change There will always be a part of you that’s with me And you sure as hell had better feel the same And now that it’s too late, Maria There is no one here to blame