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Bad Timing Lyrics

Hey it's me what a big surprise
Calling you up from a restaurant round the bend
Just got in from way up North
i'm achin' and tired now and I could use a friend

I might be a fool
To think that you do
wanna see me again...

I know it's been awhile since i talk to you
nothing wrong, just nothing ever goes as planned
many times i thought i'd call
but didn't have your number in my hand

I know it's true
that you'd never do
the same thing to me

I never meant to make you cry
and though I know i shouldn't call
it just reminds us of the cost
of everything we've lost
bad timing that's all
And maybe soon there'll come a day
when no more tears will fall
we each forgive a little bit
and we both look back on it
it's just bad timing that's all

we used to have so many plans
something always seemed to turn out wrong
never could catch up to you
moving on and doing all you've done

I don't know why
The harder I try
the harder it comes

I never meant to make you cry
and though I know i shouldn't call
it just reminds us of the cost
of everything we've lost
bad timing that's all
And maybe soon there'll come a day
when no more tears will fall
we each forgive a little bit
and we both look back on it
it's just bad timing that's all

we each forgive a little bit
and we both look back on it
it's just bad timing that's all
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Cover art for Bad Timing lyrics by Blue Rodeo

I read an interview with Jim Cuddy (the singer/songwriter) that said this song is literally about bad timing...how sometimes you are presented with a relationship opportunity, but due to the need to keep moving with your life (in this case, being a traveling musician who must keep at it on the road) is sometimes more important than stopping and taking the time to honor the opportunity that is right in front of you. That it is tempting sometimes to try to "reconnect" with that certain person who you've had this opportunity with, but if the timing isn't right, it can end up opening up old wounds and causing pain for both parties involved.

Cover art for Bad Timing lyrics by Blue Rodeo

I CAN'T BELIEVE NOONE HAS COMMENTED ON THIS SONG!! IT'S AMAZING, AWESOME MEANING...BEAUTIFUL.

Cover art for Bad Timing lyrics by Blue Rodeo

this is your classic song for that person who always pops back into your life .. but never at the right time.. but yet they never fail to come around again.

Cover art for Bad Timing lyrics by Blue Rodeo

She has moved on, but it was very difficult for her, because he never has moved on, and always out of the blue calls her up. He admits that he knows she has moved on but he can't let go and hopes that someday they would eventually get back together.

Cover art for Bad Timing lyrics by Blue Rodeo

I don't think I agree. I feel that its about really knowing the ship has sailed,... the sense that there's no turning back at all. The narrator is fully aware that he will never be with the woman he is singing about, but he is acknowledging the still-aching and poignant memory of the love they had. You can know something will never be, but the memory of his lost love is stronger than his "knowing he shouldn't call". So beautiful.

Cover art for Bad Timing lyrics by Blue Rodeo

Got me lonely:(

Cover art for Bad Timing lyrics by Blue Rodeo

FROM THIS SONG I GET...

HE'S HOPING FOR ONE MORE CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME...

'I MIGHT BE A FOOL TO THINK THAT YOU DO WANNA SEE ME AGAIN'

'MAYBE SOON ONE DAY'

HE STILL LOVES HER, BUT, OTHER THINGS GOT IN THE WAY

SHE HAS CARRIED ON WITH HER LIFE

BUT, HE'S STILL HOPING (NOW THAT HE'S FREE & ABLE) THAT SHE WILL STOP & TURN AROUND & WALK BACK TO HIM.

ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE...IF YOU BELIEVE.

FAITH IS THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS EVERY DOOR.

PRAYER GETS YOU THERE.

;)L.

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