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It's Too Late

from Full of Filk by Cathy McManamon

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Originally appearing on The Fire Inside album in 2014, this song was written just a few months earlier for the 2013 OVFF songwriting contest and placed third. It is heavily inspired by the TV series "Once Upon a Time"...and a little of my own adventures. Happily ever after does not look the same for everyone!

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I've never been patient, hating to wait my turn
Stepping aside for the bolder and prettier girls
Trying to hold on to the dream that I could be like them
'Cause the books I read, they told me it was true
And all these years later, I haven't read anything new

But it's too late to convince me I might be a princess
It's too late to help me discover my secret magic skill
It's too late to make me believe I'm inheriting a kingdom
It's too late to be my savior in shining armor bright
Go fade into the night

Now I've faced some dragons and I've found a treasure or two
Journeyed to mysterious lands both far and near
Sometimes I've been lonely, sometimes I've been afraid
And no fairy godmother came to save the day
Pulled up my own bootstraps and did things my own way

And it's too late to convince me I might be a princess
It's too late to help me discover my secret magic skill
It's too late to make me believe I'm inheriting a kingdom
It's too late to be my savior in shining armor bright
Go fade into the night

Are you a pirate? Or a prince, charming and brave?
Did you think you could turn me so easily?
Perhaps you're a diamond in the rough, and I am too
Don't try to tell me my day will come to shine
I'm used to this roughness and I'm really fine

Because it's too late to convince me I might be a princess
It's too late to help me discover my secret magic skill
It's too late to make me believe I'm inheriting a kingdom
It's too late to be my savior in shining armor bright
It's too late to convince me I might be a princess
It's too late to help me discover my secret magic skill
It's too late to make me belive I'm inheriting a kingdom
It's too late to be my savior in shining armor bright
Go fade into the night
I'll be all right.

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from Full of Filk, released October 6, 2023

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Cathy McManamon Chicago, Illinois

Cathy is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/drummer in Chicago who occasionally performs solo, but more often in the Pegasus Award-winning duo Random Fractions (with Jason Neerenberg. She is the former drummer for the filk rock band Toyboat.

Cathy is also a studio musician and arranger for Canticles Productions & Dreamflight Theatrical Gymnastics, a drum circle facilitator, and a guitar teacher. ... more

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