If I'm On the Late Side

If I'm late, darling

Don't hesitate

Just go without me

And I'll see you there anyway

If I miss you at the station

I want you on that train

I don't want a sad sack

'Cause I'll be there, come what may

Leave a message with the porter

Or leave it at the gate

Let me know that you're aboard her

Just a word to know that you're safe (Wooh!)

I walked from Maryland to Silvertown

I hoped to catch ya in the street

I must have missed ya by a moment, dear

I tried the place we always meet

So if I'm late, darling

Don't hesitate – no, no

Go on your own some

And I'll catch you there, anyway

I might lose some time, baby

But, if I do

I'll make amends in an hour

When I'm laying down beside you

{*scatting and ad-libs*}