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Daniel Johnston – Before It's Too Late (1983) | Track profile | Dork

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Before It's Too Late

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Daniel Johnston

Before It's Too Late

Release date: 1983

From The Lost Recordings

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About This Track

"Before It's Too Late" is a track by Daniel Johnston, from the album The Lost Recordings, released 1983. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Daniel Johnston

Daniel Johnston

Lyrics

Before It's Too Late

Easy to love

Easy to bleed

Easy enough

To sow the seeds

But I want you to know

Easy to love

Easy to hate

Every man must

Find his mate

And find his enemies

Before it’s too late

Before it’s too late

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From The Lost Recordings

1983

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Album

The Lost Recordings

Daniel Johnston

Release year

1983

—Sad and Lonely
—Never Die
—That's Silly
—I'm Nervous
—Got To Go On
—Kiss Me Again
—Void (Space for the Memories)
—Good Luck
—Burn Baby Burn
—You Ruined It for Yourself
—You Should Have Been My Wife
—Art Piece
—Before It's Too Late
—Cosmic Kid
—Girlfriend
—ID Like To Say Goodbye
—I'm a Song
—If You Were Here Today
—It's Real
—Instrumental
—I Love You
—I Wish I Could Call You
—Love Is Weird
—More About Wicked Will
—Oh What a Wonderful Feeling
—No Fun
—Once Upon a Dream
—Scattered Like Birds
—Take a Little Walk
—There Ain't Much You Can Do

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