Don't Be Late - Nerina Pallot

Scarlet burn, every light

Fever raged at night

Icy sweats and shaking, I thought that I would

Die

She come to me, like a rock of ages

Slowly, but no mistaking here there

Standing by, and then she look into me

Then she look into my eyes

And she said, hey you, don’t you hesitate

Girl, why you be so shy?

You got your whole life waiting in front of you

Don’t let this chance slip by

La la la la la la la la

La la la la la la

You got the whole world waiting

In front of you, you only fail if you

Never try

I close my eyes, and back I go

Sat on a knee when I was four

Drinking tea out of my grandmother’s cup

Oh we were poor, but we didn’t know

See now, life it goes by in a blink

And I know that I drink for comfort

But me-e-e, I’m gonna straighten up

I’m gonna pull myself together, gonna hear her and remember

Hey now you, don’t you hesitate

Girl, why you be so shy?

You got your whole life waiting in front of you

Don’t let this chance slip by

La la la la la la la la

La la la la la la

You got the whole world waiting

In front of you, you only fail if you

Never try

And then she look into me

Then she look into my eyes

And she said, hey you, don’t you hesitate

Girl, why you be so shy?

You got your whole life waiting in front of you

Don’t let this chance slip by

La la la la la la la la

La la la la la la

You got the whole world waiting

In front of you, you only f