The World Ain't Slowin' Down - Ellis Paul

I found you sitting on a suitcase crying

Beneath my feet,

I feel the rumble of a subway train

I laugh out loud,

'cause it’s the one thing I hadn’t been trying

The train came in breathless,

The passanger’s restless

You say, «Baby, you’ll never change»

You gotta get gone, you gotta get going

Hey, the world ain’t slowing down for no one

It’s a carnival callin out to you

It sounds like a song,

Hits you like scripture

You paint the picture

With colors squeezed from your hand

Weren’t you the kid

Who just climbed on the merry-go-round

Hey look, the world ain’t slowing down

Hey, hey, the world ain’t slowing down

Hey, hey…

Out on the sidewalk,

Pigeon’s do the moonwalk

I’ll be dancing like Fred Astaire

The lamppost’s are rockin,

The whole town’s talkin

Like a fool in a barber’s chair

And I get the sensation,

The joy and fustration

Like being caught by a tropical rain

Freedom can numb you,

When there’s no place to run to

It feels just like Novocane

You gotta get gone, you gotta get going

Hey the world ain’t slowin down for no one

It’s a carnival callin out to you

(it's callin out to you)

It sounds like a song,

Hits you like scripture

You paint the picture

With colors squeezed from your hand

Weren’t you the kid

Who just climbed on the merry-go-round

Hey look, the world ain’t slowin down

Hey, hey, the world ain’t slowing down

Hey, hey…

You packed up all your handbags,

Throwing off the sandbags

I let go and you stepped free

I didn’t want to loose you

You said, «You didn’t choose to,

It’s just how your karma came.»

But thanks for the vision,

And the twenty-twenty wisdom

It hit me like a south-bound train

You gotta get gone, you gotta get going

Hey the world ain’t slowin down for no one

It’s a carnival callin out to you

(it's callin out to you)

It sounds like a song,

Hits you like scripture

You paint the picture

With colors squeezed from your hand

Weren’t you the kid

Who just climbed on the merry-go--

Weren’t you the kid

Who just climbed on the merry-go--

Weren’t you the kid

Who just climbed on the merry-go-round

Hey look, the world ain’t slowin down

Hey, hey, the world ain’t slowin down

Hey, hey, it’s a big, blue world

It’s a big, blue world

Ridin' on a big, blue w