have you ever watched your child on a merry go round or listened to the rain splashing to the ground did you ever have a dream that was way out of sight or gazed at the moon into the fading night you d better slow down don t move so fast time is short the music won t last do you run through each day with nowhere to go when your mind is in a muddle when you can t get thoughts to flow and when the day is done do you lie in your bed with a hundred thousand voices rushing through your head you d better slow down don t move so fast time is short the music won t last did you ever tell your friends we ll do it tomorrow and in your haste not see their sorrow did you ever let a good friendship die because you never had time to call and say hi you d better slow down don t move so fast time is short the music won t last time is running out for the planet earth can t figure it out this world this life this reason what went wrong so many men and women tried to be brave and strong we ve got to slow down before it s too late we re rushing here we re rushing there and no one seems to really care where the hell are we going just get there on time when you drive so wild to get somewhere you miss half the fun and you end up going nowhere and when you hurry through your day it s like an unopened gift thrown away you move at such a fast pace you ve got to take it slower hear the music before the song is over