Slow dance

Slow Dance

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic fly?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down

Don't dance so fast

Time is short

The music won't last

Do you run through each day on a fly?

When you ask "How are you?"

Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done

Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores running through your head?

You'd better slow down

Don't dance so fast

Time is short,

The music won't last

Ever told your child,

"we'll do it tomorrow"

And in your haste

Not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch

Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time

To call and say "Hi"

You'd better slow down

Don't dance so fast

Time is short

The music won't last

When you run so fast to get somewhere

You miss half the fun of getting there

When you worry and hurry through your day

It's like an unopened gift thrown away

Life is not a race

Do take it slower

Hear the music

Before the song is over

(Unknown writer)