Too Late for “ I Do”

Sunset on that little white chapel

Tux in the backseat, shaking hands

You were standing there in your pretty white dress

And I was still stuck in my plans

I kept saying “someday, baby”

Counting stars instead of days

Didn’t see the clock on our story

Silently ticking away

Too late for “I do”

I waited too long to choose you

Now I’m driving past the place

Where we swore we’d say those vows

Lost out on time

And I can’t get it back somehow

You gave your heart, I gave excuses

Now I’m the one that loses

Too late for “I do”

I still taste that first July kiss

By the river on your tailgate

You laughed when the fireworks scared me

Said, “Boy, this has to be fate”

How’d we go from forever promises

To your name on someone else’s ring

I’m the ghost in our old photos

You’re a song I can’t un-sing

Too late for “I do”

I waited too long to choose you

Now I’m driving past the place

Where we swore we’d say those vows

Lost out on time

And I can’t get it back somehow

You gave your heart, I gave excuses

Now I’m the one that loses

Too late for “I do”

I practice words I should’ve spoken

In the dark, alone in bed (oh)

Every “one day” now feels broken

Every prayer’s a quiet “what if” instead

Too late for “I do”

I waited too long to choose you

All that’s left is an empty pew

And a name I still cry out

Lost out on time

As the church bells echo down

You gave your heart, I hesitated

Now forever’s been updated

Too late for “I do”

Too late for me and you