The Jackson 5 – It’s Too Late To Change The Time

Recorded by the Jackson 5 for their Get It Together album, issued in September 1973 in the US and November 1973 in the UK.

Released as a single in Italy.

It was performed on several TV shows in the US in 1974, including The Merv Griffin Show, Mike Douglas In Hollywood and The Tonight Show (hosted by Johnny Carson).

Live performance by the Jacksons, at a concert in Mexico in 1976, omitted from the home video, The Jacksons In Concert, released in 1981 in the UK (no USA release).

It’s Too Late To Change The Time – Lyrics

In this automatic age
We shop through the Yellow Page
Gone is the corner store
There’s a supermarket there for you
People give way to change
But feelings remain the same

And it’s too late
Too late to change the time
Well, it’s too late
Too late to change the time
And it’s too late
Too late to change the time
But it’s not too late to change your mind

It’s a new day, a new age
A photograph just taken
Is ready one minute later
Cars are bigger and better
But the man in fact is satisfied never
In a world full of crime
I can’t let you take that ride

And it’s too late
Too late to change the time
And it’s too late
Too late to change the time
And it’s too late
Too late to change the time
But it’s not too late to change your mind, no, no

So you wanna be a star
I really think you are
You don’t have to go further
Than my lovin’ arms

And it’s too late
Too late to change the time
But it’s not too late to change your mind

Are you sure you wanna go to New York City
Where girls make it big if they’re pretty
Let’s say you give that penthouse view
But who’s gonna love you
The way I do

It’s too late
Too late to change the time
And it’s too late
Too late to change the time
Too late
Too late to change the time
But it’s not too late to change your mind
Too late
Too late to change the time
And it’s too late
Too late to change the time
Too late, too late to change the time