[Verse 1: Elton John]
How have I come to this?
How did I slip and fall?
How did I throw half a lifetime away
Without any thought at all?

This should have been my time
It's over, it never began
Facing a world, for once not on my side
I simply turned and ran

I try to blame it on fortune
Some kind of shift in the stars
But I know the truth and it haunts me
It's flown just a little too far

I know the truth and it mocks me
I know the truth and it shocks me
Oh, it's flown just a little too far, yes

[Verse 2: Janet Jackson]
People have faith in me
I think I once did too
I promise whoever has a hold on our lives
I’ll see the bad times through
This should have been my time
It’s over, it never began
Facing a world, for once not on my side
I simply turn and ran

I try to blame it on fortune
Some kind of twist in my fate
I know the truth and it haunts me
I learned it a little too late

I know the truth and it mocks me
I know the truth and it shocks me
I learned it a little too late

[Elton John & Janet Jackson]
I try to blame it on fortune
Some kind of twist in my fate
But I know the truth and it haunts me
I learned it a little too late

I know the truth and it mocks me
I know the truth and it shocks me
Oh, ho, yet, I learned it a little too late