It's later than you think...

(posted 7/18/2006)

Hey, everyone ELSE is posting song lyrics these days...

"A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste" by Jim Steinman

(If Only)
(If Only)

If you listen to the night, you can hear the darkness call.
I can barely stand the wait, I can barely stand at all.

Come on closer to me now, like we're sharing the same skin.
We've gotta get out of this jail, we've gotta let the future in.

So many things in your life that you're bound to regret,
Why didn't I do that? Why didn't I do this?

So many chances you've lost that you'll never forget,
Why didn't I make it? Why didn't I take it right there?

The lonliest words you will ever know: If only, if only it were so.
The emptiest words that there'll ever be: It coulda been me, it coulda been me.
The lonliest words you will ever know: If only, if only it were so.
The emptiest words that there'll ever be: It coulda been me, it coulda been me.

You'll have to pay for it later, if you don't get it when it's going for free.
Believe me, Believe me.

A kiss is a terrible thing to waste,
A kiss is a terrible thing to waste,
It's something that's always been so.
A kiss is a terrible thing to waste,
A kiss is a terrible thing to waste,
And one of these nights you've gotta show me that you already know.
There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste.
It's later than you think and a kiss, is a terrible thing to waste.

You shouldn't tremble when we touch, there's no reason for these fears.
It's a promise that was made, we've been promised this for years.

I want to show you it all, what to do when, where and how.
'Cuz we'll never be as young as we are right now.
We'll never be as young as we are right now.

So many cries in the night, that you try to ignore,
Why didn't I do this? Why didn't I do that?

So many unanswered prayers, so many unopened doors,
Why didn't I take it? Why didn't I make it come true?

The lonliest words you will ever know: If only, if only it were so,
The emptiest words that there'll ever be: It coulda been me, it coulda been me.
The lonliest words you will ever know: If only if only it were so,
The emptiest words that there'll ever be: It coulda been me, it coulda been me.
You'll have to pay for it later, If you don't get it when it's going for free.
Believe me, Believe me, Believe me.

A kiss is a terrible thing to waste,
A kiss is a terrible thing to waste,
It's something that's always been so.
A kiss is a terrible thing to waste,
A kiss is a terrible thing to waste,
And one of these nights I'm gonna show you that you already know.
There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste.
It's later than you think and a kiss, is a terrible thing to waste.

Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind.
It doesn't matter what we lose, it only matters what we're goin' to find.
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind.
It doesn't matter what we lose, it only matters what we're goin' to find.
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind.
(Let's get away from the past)
It doesn't matter what we lose, it only matters what we're goin' to find.
(So many ways to go back)

There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste,
It's later than you think and a kiss, is a terrible thing to waste.
(A kiss is a terrible thing to waste.)
A kiss, is a terrible thing to waste.