It’s Not Too Late To Listen To Carole King’s Intimate Melody

This intimate song is a great example of the singer/songwriter sound that King helped popularized. Over a moody melody, King sings about how she realizes her once-promising relationship is over. While she’s putting on a brave face, she’s feeling tormented inside.

This was released as the B-side to “I Feel the Earth Move.” After a few weeks of continuous airplay with “I Feel the Earth Move,” many DJs all over the States decided to give “It’s Too Late” an equal amount of airplay. Soon, it came to the point where everyone preferred “It’s Too Late,” which ended up topping the charts by May of 1971. “I Feel the Earth Move” never charted.

“It’s Too Late”

Stayed in bed all mornin’ just to pass the time.
There’s somethin’ wrong here, there can be no denyin’.
One of us is changin’, or maybe we’ve just stopped tryin’.

And it’s too late, baby now, it’s too late,
Though we really did try to make it.
Somethin’ inside has died, and I can’t hide,
And I just can’t fake it, oh, no, no.

It used to be so easy, livin’ here with you.
You were light and breezy, an’ I knew just what to do.
Now you look so unhappy, and I feel like a fool.

And it’s too late, baby now, it’s too late,
Though we really did try to make it.
Somethin’ inside has died, and I can’t hide,
And I just can’t fake it, oh, no, no.

There’ll be good times again for me and you,
But we just can’t stay together; don’t you feel it too?
Still I’m glad for what we had and how I once loved you.

And it’s too late, baby now, it’s too late,
Though we really did try to make it. (we can’t make it)
Somethin’ inside has died, and I can’t hide,
And I just can’t fake it, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

It’s too late baby, it’s too late now darling
It’s too late.

“I Feel The Earth Move”

I feel the earth move under my feet
Feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you’re around

Ooh, baby, when I see your face
Mellow as the month of May
Oh, darling, I can’t stand it
When you look at me that way

I feel the earth move under my feet
Feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
I feel my heart start to trembling
Whenever you’re around

Oh, darling, when you’re near me
And you tenderly call my name
I know that my emotions
Are something I just can’t tame
I’ve just got to have you, baby

I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down
Feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down
I just lose control
Down to my very soul
I get a hot and cold all over
Feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down,
Tumbling down, tumbling down…