Well, you're just in time to be too late
I tried to, but I couldn't wait
And now I've got another date
And I won't be home no more
You're just in time to miss the boat
So don't take off your hat and coat
Be on your way, that's all she wrote
I hung around a month or two
Now I'm too busy pitching wood,
I scratched your name right off my slate,
hung a sign on my front gate
You're just in time to be too late,
and I won't be home no more
Well, you're just in time to turn around
Head your buggy back to town
You looked me up, I turned you down
And I won't be home no more
You're just in time to change your tune
Go tell your troubles to the moon
Call around next May or June
I used to be the patient kind,
You're just in time to celebrate,
the things you didn't calculate
You're just in time to be too late,
and I won't be home no more you