• Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?
    Or listen to the rain slapping the ground?
    Ever follow a butterfly's erratic flight?
    Or gaze at the sun, from dusk to 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 the fly?
    When your friends ask how you are, do you even give a reply?
    When your day is over and done, do you lie on your bed
    with the next hundred chorse run through your head?
    You better slow down
    Don't dance so fast.
    Time is short
    The music won't. last.

    Ever told you child "We'll do it tomorrow."
    But in your hast, not see their sorrow?
    Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die?
    Just cause you didn't have time to call and say "Hi."
    You better slow down.
    Don't dance so fast.
    Time is short.
    The music won't last.

    When you run fast to go somewhere,
    you miss half the fun of getting there.
    When you worry and hurry through each of your days,
    Its like you've taken an un opened gift and thrown it away.
    Life isn't a race.
    So please, do take it slower.
    Hear the music, before your song is over.