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'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                         
Stop to hear the music                    
Before the song is over.