It's Never To Late

A version of Carrying The Banner appeared on Take It Easy but I never liked the chorus. The other day I had some free time around the house and wrote this version which I'm a much bigger fan of. 3 settings are described around San Francisco in the song. There are alot of quotes in the songs "All my roads are set before me" is a C. S. Lewis quote, "It's Never To Late Too Mend" is from Blues Brothers and the title "Carrying The Banner" is taken from Newsies!

All my roads are set before me. Which path will I take?
Will I allow myself to answer? Will I allow my heart to break?

See I'm sitting on the back porch on a sunday afternoon
All the kids are keeping company but it's just not what i do
Yes you told me that you loved me as I walked out the front door
Yes you gave me your interegrity and I just asked for somemore

And this world has raked me over and this world has dragged me down
And the best things that are happening are in you part of town

Oh my baby with a broken heart you mean so much to
And I can't wait to see what our futures will be

It's never too late, oh it's never to late too render
It's never too late, oh it's never to late too mend
It's never too late, oh it's never to late too render
& We can start all over again

Standing in the alley behind the record store
And I'm feeling kinda burnt out and I'm feeling pretty poor
Like the guy around the corner asking for a dollar bill
Just to buy his mom a present and to send her some good will

All my roads are set before me. Which path will I take?
Will I allow myself to answer? Will I allow my heart to break?

And this world has raked me over and this world has dragged me down
And the best things that are happening are in you part of town

Oh my baby with a broken heart you mean so much to
And I can't wait to see what our futures will be

It's never too late, oh it's never to late too render
It's never too late, oh it's never to late too mend
It's never too late, oh it's never to late too render
& We can start all over again

I treated your affection like the woman down the hall
And I don't think I'm quite ready just to hear the trumpet call
But it's time you met my family it's time you met my friends
It's time for celebration it's time we start to mend

All my roads are set before me. Which path will I take?
Will I allow myself to answer? Will I allow my heart to break?

And this world has raked me over and this world has dragged me down
And the best things that are happening are in you part of town

Oh my baby with a broken heart you mean so much to
And I can't wait to see what our futures will be

It's never too late, oh it's never to late too render
It's never too late, oh it's never to late too mend
It's never too late, oh it's never to late too render
& We can start all over again