Too late

It’s too late for me but not too late for you

If I share my wisdom will it smooth your way?

I thought about dying just the other day

As the sky faded softly from black to blue

Years ago I picked a house on a dead end street

While you were young it kept you safe

I’d sit on the step watching the games you played

Then you danced away on swift and pointed feet

On the US news another black kid’s dead and gone

My Canadian neighbours are mistakenly smug

Thinking we don’t keep loaded guns lying on the rug

And another terrorist attack happened across the pond

Seems there is more today to be frightened of

If my words can’t keep you safe I'll use my arms

But I’m weak and far away and I’ve lost my charm

So I put my trust in prayer and in God’s endless love

But even I know, God never promised happy times

We just use that belief like a crutch to prop us up

Wish that faith and my love for you would be enough

To save you from melancholy, loss, tears and crimes

It’s too late for me but not too late for you

If I share my wisdom will it smooth your way?

I thought about living just the other day

And I saw you smiling in the cloudless blue