Better Late than Never

Better Late than Never

Come on my girl, you must get up.
To be early you must endeavour.
Just five minutes more I begged my mum, as it's
better late than never.

For school awaits and my mother cried
you never will be clever.
But I always got there just in time, as it's
better late than never.

At work my manager said to me,
my contract he would sever.
For he did not uphold my excuses of it's
better late than never.

On my wedding day I was running late
but I got there howsoever.
The dressing and make-up and traffic jams made it
better late than never.

I arrived at my wedding with seconds to spare
to plight my troth forever.
Now thirty years on, my husband still hears that it's
better late than never.

The birth of my first child was imminent
and I waited and waited, however,
to arrive at the clinic with babe in arms, is
better late than never.

Now my family can get quite frustrated.
For my habit they would like to dissever.
They cannot recall when I did not chant that it's
better late than never.

The moral of this tale is quite clear.
I'm always last minute with whatever.
I'll not change habits of a lifetime as I feel that it's
better late than never.