Slow Down, Brother - Gwyneth Herbert

Well, you’re down on your luck

too pride to show it

stopping as the little boy

you’ve never left behind

Slow down, brother,

slow down

You’re wearing that patience

too high to know it

Using up my money

upon losing your mind

I said: Slow down, brother

slow down

And when the party’s over

it’s only just begun

they’re lighting up another one

Put on the brakes and

slow down, brother

slow down

For heaven’s sakes

slow down, brother

slow down.

You think you’re life a stage show

You think you’re Oskar Wilde

Everyday I found a fare

And everyone a fan

Slow down, brother

Slow down.

Glide along the pavement

Some kind a hold a child

Preaching in a rhetoric

That no one understands

I said: Slow down, brother

Slow down.

Living in the moment

When the moment’s long gone past

How long are you gonna last?

Put on the brakes and

slow down, brother

Slow down

For heavens' sakes

Nothing in your room but lead

Rusty old four-poster bed

The painting of the young dramatic

You left behind

Nothing in your eyes but need

Nothing but a soul to feed

Nothing left to do for me

But count the time

Put on the brakes and

slow down, brother

Slow down

For heaven’s sakes

slow down, brother

Slow down

Put on the brakes and

slow down, brother

Slow down

For heavens' sakes

slow down, brother

Slow down