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 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 lay on your bed?
With the next hundred chores...
Running through your head?
You did better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short.
The music won't last....

Ever told your child,
We will do it tomorrow ?
And it is 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 did 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 here.
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.....