Late Bloomer Lyrics - Long Player Late Bloomer - Ron Sexsmith

It's just a stone's throw 

From here to eternity 

From the back roads 

To where I long to be 

The world has changed 

Leaving only the truth intact 

You think it's a game 

To me it means more than that 

But I'm a late bloomer 

I'm a slow learner 

And I've turned the record over 

I'm a long player 

My song is my saviour 

I've got to raise it up 

As far as my spirit can reach 

That everyone might see 

Within earshot 

Of rose-coloured dreamers at best 

I don't mean to eavesdrop 

It's just part of my job I guess 

At one glance 

They don't know the truth by half 

How announcing your plans 

Is a sure way to hear god laugh 

Like a crab apple on the tree 

They'll find life more bitter than sweet 

But I'm a late bloomer 

I'm a slow learner 

And I've heard the penny drop 

I'm a small player 

With a tall order 

To come out on top 

And without selling my soul 

That everyone might know 

That I'm a late bloomer 

From a turntable to a phone 

From a revolution to a ring tone 

I'm a late bloomer 

I'm a slow learner 

And I've turned the record over 

I'm a long player 

My song is my saviour 

Got to raise it up 

I'm a late bloomer 

I'm a slow learner 

And I've heard the penny drop 

I'm a small player 

With a tall order 

To come out on top 

And without selling my soul 

That's how a flower grows 

And I'm a late bloomer 

I'm a late bloomer 

I'm a late bloomer