Slow Down

I hear you're leaving town

'Cause you're tired of hanging around

The same city limit signs

You've been waiting around your whole life

Just like a baby bird

Nervous when it first learned

To spread its wings

And fly into the air

Now I've got to tell you something

These words might hurt

But please hold them long enough

To feel their weight as they plead

Slow down, slow down

Grab a coffee here with me

And take a second to breathe

Slow down, slow down

Let's be quiet for a while

And I will try to make you smile

Slow down

You love it when it rains

'Cause it always washes away

The dirt between the cracks

Of everything that we think we see

Now all your bags are packed

Your father's head tips back

Into the chair that he sits

While he watches you slip away

He cries: Will you please forgive me, darling

I can't keep living brokenhearted

First it was your mother

Now it's bound to be you

Slow down, slow down

What about all our memories

When you would dance and sing for me

Slow down, slow down

What happened to my baby girl

Who used to sit on top the world

Slow down

You can travel the world

Just as fast as your feet'll go

Graze the Atlantic shorelines

Sleep in hotels of Tokyo

Lose everything in Vegas

Then go falling in love in Spain

But like Arizona's canyons

A hole in you remains

I just want you to believe

That the invisible frame's what we see

And it's as beautiful as a baby's eyes

And as incredible as the first time they breathe

Slow down, slow down

Grab a coffee here with me

And take a second to breathe

Slow down, slow down

Let's be quiet for a while

And I will try to make you smile

Slow down