"Too Late for Love" is a 1983 power ballad by English band Def Leppard from their Diamond album Pyromania. When released as a single, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock charts.
The music video, filmed in December 1983, was taken from a Christmas music special called Supersonic. According to the text commentary in the video Historia, the performance was filmed after hanging out with Elton John and Meat Loaf over some champagne.
Lyrics
Somewhere in the distance I hear the bells ring
Darkness settles on the town as the children start to sing
And the lady 'cross the street she shuts out the night
A cast of thousands waiting as she turns out the light
But it's too late, too late, too late
Too late for love
Too late, too late, too late
Too late
London boys are gazing, girls go hand in hand
A pocket full of innocence, the entrance is grand
The queen of the dream stands before them all
She stretches out her hand as the curtain starts to fall
But it's too late, too late, too late
Too late for love
Too late, too late, it's too late
Too late
Standing by the trapdoor aware of me and you
The actor and the clown—they're waiting for their cue
And there's a lady over there. She's acting pretty cool
But when it comes to playing life she always plays the fool
But it's too late, too late, it's too late
Too late for love
Too late, it's too late, too late
Too late
It's a little too late…
Much too late
They say it's just too late
Late it's too late…
Too late, it's too late, too late
Too late for love
Too late, too late, too late
Too late
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