• 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 flight?

    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 the
    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 is like an unopened
    gift....

    Thrown away.

    Life is not a
    race.

    Do take it slower

    Hear the
    music

    Before the song is over.
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