Slow Dance
SLOW DANCE by David L. Weatherford
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'd 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 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..