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 lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores running through your head

You 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 the half 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