A Day Late And A Dollar Short - Scritti Politti

A day late

And a dollar short

Who’d have believed it?

Yeah, who’d have thought?

A done deal

You blew it all

You wouldn’t listen

When the time was called

Cause 'enough is enough' is a tough one

And one of us better just say (better say)

A day late and a dollar short

You promised to be true to the word

Like some afterthought

You come a day late and a dollar short

I wondered where the truth would be found ---------→ I wondered whether truth

would be found

I found what I sought

Around a day late and a dollar short

(A day late and a dollar dollar short)

(A day late and a dollar dollar short)

A bottom line

Well I’ll go without

Too () you girl ---------→ Two minus you, girl

Go figure out

At long last

Well I’m getting smart

You can follow the cash

I’ll follow my heart

Tell me why I would I ever believe you?

Why shouldn’t I ever just leave you?

A day late and a dollar short

You promised to be true to the word

Like some afterthought

You come a day late and a dollar short

I wondered where the truth would be found

I found what I sought

Around a day late and a dollar short

(A day late and a dollar short)

(A day late and a dollar short)

The ship has sailed

With the dispossessed

In the setting sun

For the second best

And the first to fail

As you may have guessed

Is just having fun

Nothing more or less

A day late and a dollar short

You promised to be true to the word

Like some afterthought

You come a day late and a dollar short

I wondered where the truth would be found

I found what I sought

Around a day late and a dollar short

You promised me a star with a moon

But the love that I sought

Is love a day late and a dollar short

I wonder when the luck’s gonna change

I’m struck by the thought

That life’s a day late and a dollar short

(A day late and a dollar dollar)

(A day late and a dollar dollar)

A day late and a dollar short