If I wait To tell you how I feel It might be too late Before the clouds rush in The trees will lose their bloom And all the rivers will run dry It might be too late If I wait If I wait The birds will all fly south It might be too late Before the winter sets it The grass will die The icicles will take shape It might be too late If I wait If I wait The ticker might stop tickin' It might be too late If I wait The earth will shake Tremble us down to the bone It might be too late If we wait The sun is staring me down Soon it'll melt my brain Set the table, I'll lay it all out for you When I'm dead and gone Don't need anyone assuming the things I'd say or do If I wait For the winds to stop blowin' It might be too late Before the skies have cleared The locomotive could pick you up You'd be gone in the middle of the night It might be too late If I wait