Slow Dance

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading light?

You better slow down
Don't dance so fast
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 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 their 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.

While 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.