Vincent, will you teach me how to paint?
Teresa, will I ever be a saint?
John, I really think your songs are great.
I was born too late.

William, will you teach me how to write?
Cassius, will you show me how to fight?
Thomas A., I think I see the light.
I was born tonight.

I've had a hard time leaving this town.
I've been losing everything that I've found.
I'm gonna search the sky, kiss the ground.
Build it up and tear it back down.

I've had a hard time leaving this place.
I've been counting all the lines on my face.
I'm gonna curse the sky, hit the ground.
What goes up comes tumbling down.

Jimi, show me how you play that thing.
Elvis, will I ever be a king?
and Jerry, all the joy and love you bring.
I was born to sing.

Martin Luther King, show me the way.
Jesus, teach me how to pray.
Christopher, I think I see the bay.
I was born today.

– The Clarks, Born Too Late, 1988