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Conheci a canção nas pistas das saudosas noites do Bairro Alto do início da década de 1990, numa das inúmeras versões (Dina Carroll estará, a propósito, a ensaiar um regresso para este ano ainda, depois de uma disputa com a anterior editora e uma otosclerose que quase a fez perder a audição).
Tal foi o encanto com a letra que rapidamente cheguei ao original de Carole King. E uma sofisticada e elegante música de dança acabou, assim, por seu o meu passaporte de viagem ao encontro sucessivo e encadeado das carreiras e discografias de gente tão "antiga" e "séria" quanto a autora original e contemporâneos seus como James Taylor, Carly Simon, Laura Nyro, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell ou Judy Collins, apenas para citar alguns.

IT'S TOO LATE
do álbum "Tapestry"
(Carole King & Toni Stern - 1971)

Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time
There's something wrong here
There can be no denying
One of us is changing
Or maybe we've just stopped trying

And it's too late baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it

It used to be so easy living here with you
You were light and breezy
And 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
Something inside has died
and I can't hide it
And I just can't fake it

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
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it

Don't you know that I...
I just can't fake it
Oh it's too late my baby
Too late my baby
You know
It's too late my baby
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