Released: September 21, 1973
Songwriter: Leon Ware Pam Sawyer
Producer: Norman Whitfield Hal Davis
[Intro]
(Too late)
(Too late)
(Too late)
[Verse 1]
In this automatic age
We shop through the Yellow Page
Gone is the corner store
There's a supermarket there for you (Yeah)
People give way to change
But feelings remain the same
[Chorus]
And it's too late, too late to change the time
Well, it's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time
But it's no too late to change your mind
[Verse 2]
It's a new day, a new age
A photograph just taken is ready one minute later
Cars bigger and better
But the manufacturer is satisfied never
In a world full of crime
I can't let you take that ride
[Chorus]
And it's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time
But it's not too late to change your mind, no, no
[Interlude]
So you wanna be a star (So you wanna be a star)
I really think you are (I think you are)
You don't have to go further
Than my lovin' arms
[Chorus]
And it's too late, too late to change the time
But it's not too late to change your mind
[Bridge]
Are you sure you wanna go to New York City (New York City)
Where girls make it big if they're pretty? (If they're pretty)
Let's say you get that penthouse view
But who's gonna love you
The way I do?
[Chorus]
It's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time, no
Too late, too late to change the time
But it's not too late to change your mind, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's too late, too late to change the time
(Too late)
(Too late)
(Too late)
[Verse 1]
In this automatic age
We shop through the Yellow Page
Gone is the corner store
There's a supermarket there for you (Yeah)
People give way to change
But feelings remain the same
[Chorus]
And it's too late, too late to change the time
Well, it's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time
But it's no too late to change your mind
[Verse 2]
It's a new day, a new age
A photograph just taken is ready one minute later
Cars bigger and better
But the manufacturer is satisfied never
In a world full of crime
I can't let you take that ride
[Chorus]
And it's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time
But it's not too late to change your mind, no, no
[Interlude]
So you wanna be a star (So you wanna be a star)
I really think you are (I think you are)
You don't have to go further
Than my lovin' arms
[Chorus]
And it's too late, too late to change the time
But it's not too late to change your mind
[Bridge]
Are you sure you wanna go to New York City (New York City)
Where girls make it big if they're pretty? (If they're pretty)
Let's say you get that penthouse view
But who's gonna love you
The way I do?
[Chorus]
It's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time, no
Too late, too late to change the time
But it's not too late to change your mind, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's too late, too late to change the time
Unreleased Songs
- I Like You The Way You Are (Don’t Change Your Love On Me)
- If I Can’t Nobody Can
- Up On The Roof
- Makin’ Life A Little Easier For You
- Going My Way
- Keep Off The Grass
- If You Want Heaven
- I’m Your Sunny One (He’s My Sunny Boy)
- Iddint
- You Better Watch Out
- I Got A Sure Thing
- (We’re The) Music Makers
- Mama Told Me Not Come
- Since I Lost My Baby
- I Can’t Get Enough Of You
- Let’s Go Back To Day One
- Give Me Half a Chance
- Dancing Machine (Alternate Version)
- I’ll Try You’ll Try (Maybe We’ll All Get By)
- Lucky Day
- Listen I’ll Tell You How
- Feelin’ Alright (Studio Version)
- Window Shopping
- Make Tonight All Mine
- We’re Gonna Change Our Style
- Oh, I’ve Been Bless’d
- Label Me Love
- Love Trip
- Would Ya Would Ya Baby
- Someone’s Standing In My Love Light
- After You Leave Girl
- Mama’s Pearl (Demo)
- Buttercup
- I Hear A Symphony
- You’re My Best Friend, My Love
- The Eternal Light
- Love Comes In Different Flavors
- Through Thick and Thin
- Teenage Symphony
- Man’s Temptation
- I Was Made To Love Her
- Pride and Joy
- Love Is the Thing You Need
- Joyful Jukebox Music
- We’re Here To Entertain You
- Twenty-Five Miles (Original Mix)
- You’re Good For Me
- If The Shoe Don’t Fit
- Keep An Eye
- Love Call
- Come and Get It (Love’s On the Fire)
- Just Because I Love You
- Cupid
- You Can’t Hurry Love
- ABC (Alternate Version)
- If I Have to Move a Mountain (Complete Version)
- That’s How Love Is (Complete Version)
- Movin’
- Jumbo Sam
- Our Love
- That’s How Love Is
- Get It Together (1973)
- One Day in Your Life (1981)
- Anthology (1986 Edition) (1986)
- Soulsation! (1995)
- Anthology (1995 Edition) (1995)
- Anthology (2000 Edition) (2000)
- Skywriter/Get It Together (2001)
- Anthology (2005 Gold Edition) (2005)
- Anthology (2006 Edition) (2006)
- Anthology (2008 Gold Edition) (2008)
- Michael Jackson & Jackson 5: The Motown Years (2008)
- I Want You Back
- ABC
- I’ll Be There
- Who’s Lovin’ You
- The Love You Save
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- Give Love On Christmas Day
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- Dancing Machine
- All I Do Is Think of You
- Maybe Tomorrow
- One More Chance
- Ben
- Blame It On The Boogie
- My Little Baby
- I Will Find a Way
- Goin’ Back to Indiana
- Don’t Let Your Baby Catch You
- Superstition
- Ask The Lonely
- I Was Made To Love Her
- (I Know) I’m Losing You
- My Cherie Amour