1172 – Carole King – It's too late (1971)

Escrita por Carole King e Tony Stern, foi lançada em 10 de fevereiro de 1971 no disco Tapestry e posteriormente lançada como compacto, que tinha I feel the earth move como Lado A. Chegou ao número 1 dos charts pop americanos e virou disco de ouro.

A letra fala da falta de culpa do fim de um relacionamento. Um relacionamento onde a mulher deixou o marido. É sobre Toni Stern quando terminou o relacionamento com James Taylor. Ganhou um Grammy em 1972 e é uma das 500 maiores canções de todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone, número 469.

Carole tocou piano e cantou. Curtis Amy tocou sax soprano. Danny Kortchmar tocou guitarra e congas. Charles Larkey tocou baixo. Joel O'Brien tocou bateria. Ralph Schuckett tocou piano elétrico. Chegou também ao número 1 no Canadá, número 6 na Australia, Nova Zelandia e Reino Unido e número 8 na Irlanda.

Foi regravada por Gloria Stefan, The Isley Brothers, Isaac Hayes e Amy Grant, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Stayed in bed all mornin' just to pass the time
There's somethin' wrong here, there can be no denyin'
One of us is changin', or maybe we've just stopped tryin'

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no

It used to be so easy, livin' here with you
You were light and breezy, an' I knew just what to do
Now you look so unhappy, and I feel like a fool

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no

There'll be good times again for me and you
But we just can't stay together, don't you feel it, too?
Still I'm glad for what we had and how I once loved you

But it's too late, baby now, it's too late
Though we really did try to make it (we can't make it)
Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no, no, no, no

It's too late, baby, it's too late now, darling
It's too late

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