No dice (no dice), no deal (no deal)

No foolin’, honey, this time it’s for real

I laid it all out on the table, I put too much down on you

Now it’s a shame to say we’re through

But there’s no deal

I never made it off the mountain

Stuck up here for days

Went too far above the crowd and

Then I lost my way

I called you half a dozen times just hoping I could ask you for a ride

But it was always, “too late”, “no time”,

“Getting mighty cold to go outside”

You left me stranded up the river

In the pouring rain

Water’s risin’ all around me

And it’s gettin late

You said you’d be back in the morning when you’d had some time to think it through

But it was no big surprise

That’s why I’m finally tellin’ you

Now all these names up on the tree

And still no sign of yours

I won’t regret it if I have to

Carve a hundred more

Better late than never when you realize it just wasn’t meant to be

It’s a long ride / back home / but I’ll make it on my own, cause it’s