Released: October 25, 1994
Featuring: Seal
Songwriter: Charlie Midnight Dan Hartman
Producer: Joni Mitchell Larry Klein
[Verse 1]
Hard bodies, soft emotions, so fast, so smart
The world is at your feet, but what about your heart?
Fame and fortune can't hold you tight
In the late, late hours of the night
[Chorus]
How do you stop before it's too late?
You choose and you lose if you hesitate
How do you stop before it's too late?
You think love will wait, so you don't hold on and then it's gone
How do you stop?
[Verse 2]
You've had success, lots of fancy friends
You've tasted the good life, you thought it would never end
One day you're too young, then you're in your prime
Then you're looking back at the hands of time
[Chorus]
How do you stop before it's too late?
You choose and you lose if you hesitate
How do you stop before it's too late?
You think love will wait, so you don't hold on and then it's gone
How do you stop?
[Bridge]
How do you stop a runaway train?
How do you stop the driving rain?
How do you stop the ripening corn?
How do you stop a baby being born?
[Chorus]
How do you stop before it's too late?
You choose and you lose if you hesitate
How do you stop before it's too late?
How do you stop, you're lost if you hesitate
[Outro]
How do you stop love from slipping away?
How do you stop before it's too late?
Hard bodies, soft emotions, so fast, so smart
The world is at your feet, but what about your heart?
Fame and fortune can't hold you tight
In the late, late hours of the night
[Chorus]
How do you stop before it's too late?
You choose and you lose if you hesitate
How do you stop before it's too late?
You think love will wait, so you don't hold on and then it's gone
How do you stop?
[Verse 2]
You've had success, lots of fancy friends
You've tasted the good life, you thought it would never end
One day you're too young, then you're in your prime
Then you're looking back at the hands of time
[Chorus]
How do you stop before it's too late?
You choose and you lose if you hesitate
How do you stop before it's too late?
You think love will wait, so you don't hold on and then it's gone
How do you stop?
[Bridge]
How do you stop a runaway train?
How do you stop the driving rain?
How do you stop the ripening corn?
How do you stop a baby being born?
[Chorus]
How do you stop before it's too late?
You choose and you lose if you hesitate
How do you stop before it's too late?
How do you stop, you're lost if you hesitate
[Outro]
How do you stop love from slipping away?
How do you stop before it's too late?
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