Now That It’s Too Late, Maria Dawes

The flicker of the candle looks like a one way conversation
Reacting to something nobody else could see
While I sit at the table and relive the whole situation
Until the valet who wants to go home
Comes in and gives me my keys
And tonight every single star is shining
The power lines all sizzle and buzz
And now that it’s too late, Maria
I see it all for what it was

There’s nothing sadder than a streetlight
Shining on a stretch of empty sidewalk
Or maybe the fog that I’ve been living in
Has lifted for the first time in weeks
Every day’s been a step toward perfecting the art of the small talk
So I never have to say something I might really mean
But I remember all those final words you told me
How I was too green to be blue
But now that it’s too late, Maria
I can see how that was true

Now when I am in your city
I come across the company you’ve been keeping
They all hit it off so well with some infamous ghost of my past
It’s so hard to imagine what you could have possibly told them
Some wonder how I’m doing but most don’t even ask
But now every single door stands open
I even signed some autographs
And now that it’s too late, Maria
We can both look back and laugh