Too Late Now

What we wanted was chain lightning

What we wanted was eight miles high

What we wanted was free fall and our turn to fly



What we wanted was more fireworks

Everlasting Fourth of July

What we wanted was more stars in a bluer sky



CHORUS

All we wanted was something worth it

Worth the labour, worth the wait

Then they take you up to the mountain

And you see too late

In the middle of a good time

Truth gave me her icy kiss

Look around, you must be joking

All that way, all that way for this



What we wanted was consolation

The hand of strangers, help for pain

What we wanted was to be sure

No friends were lost in vain



What we wanted was aggravation

A good cause, a bigger row

What we wanted was the whole plantation

Now, now, now



CHORUS



What we wanted was rhyme and reason

What we wanted was another way

What we get is a tinpot heaven

And we're too drunk to pray



What we get is the old machinery

Grinding on in the same old way

What we need is the sweet republic

Roll on Independence Day



In the middle of a good time

Truth gave me her icy kiss

Look around, you must be joking

All that way, all that way for this



(repeats once)



All that way, all that way for this

All that way, all that way for this

All that way, we come all that way for this