Have you ever watched kids on the merry go round?
I'll listen to the rain slapping on the ground
Ever follow the butterflies' erratic flying?
I'll even gaze out the sun into the fading night

You better slow down
Don't you dance so fast
Time is short
This music won't last

Do you run through each day on the flight?
When you ask how are you do you still hit the reply?
When the day is done do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred choruses running through you head?

You better slow down
Don't you dance so fast
Time is short
This music won't last

Ever told your child we'll do it tomorrow
And in your haste not see his sorrow?
Have you ever lost touch, let a good friendship die?
'Cause you never had time to call and say hi

You better slow down
Don't you dance so fast
Time is short
This music won't last