Under some dirty words on a dirty wall   Eating takeout by myself   I played the shows   Got back in the van and put the Walkman on   And you were playing      In some other dive a thousand miles away   I played a thousand times before   And like pathetic stars   The truck stops and the rock club walls   I always knew   You saw them too   But you never will again      It's too late   Don't you know   It's been too late   For a long time      Elliott, man, you played a fine guitar   And some dirty basketball   The songs you wrote   Got me through a lot   Just wanna tell you that      But it's too late   It's too late   No, don't you know   It's been too late   For a long time      Oh no   Things were looking up   Least that's what I heard   Oh no   Someone came and washed away your hard earned   Peace of mind      When desperate static beats the silence up   A quiet truth to calm you down   The songs you wrote   Got me through a lot   Just wanna tell you that      But it's too late   It's too late   No, don't you know   It's been too late   For a long time   It's too late   It's too late   No, don't you know   It's been too late   For a long time