Slow Down - Timothy B. Schmit

It’s a blue sky day in the city

There’s a cool breeze in the air

I’d like to go outside 'cuz it feels so right

But, somehow I don’t dare

From my point of view I’ve got things to do

There’s so much n my mind

The committee inside my head, it says

I simply don’t have time

I’m in motion

But I can’t say if it’s good

And I keep pushing

Though a voice inside my head says that I should

Slow down

Take a deep breath in and look around

It’s prime time

And it won’t last all that long

You gotta say no

To many things that do not matter

Draw that line

You’re gonna miss out if you don’t slow down

You can have the best intentions

You can practice self control

But if your only pace is to win the race

Then all you get is old

It’s the bitter without the sweetness

It’s a candle with no flame

If your glass is half empty it’s hard to see

So easy to feel pain

I’m running ragged

Always on a quest

In isolation

And it’s bound to stay the same unless you

Slow down

Take a deep breath in and look around

It’s prime time

And it won’t last all that long

You gotta say no

Too many things that do not matter

Draw that line

You’re gonna miss out if you don’t slow down

I need to feed my senses

Every day

Don’t want to go too fast 'cuz

My life might slip away

If tomorrow rains and it thunders

And chain lightning streaks the air

If it shakes the earth for all I’m worth

I hope I won’t despair

'Cuz I need to seize the moment

I want to hear it call my name

I gotta fill up my heart with this state of art

Then stash it in my brain

But I go on

I just can’t stand still

It’s my obsession

And I know nothing can change until I

Slow down

Take a deep breath in and look around

It’s prime time

And it won’t last all that long

You gotta say no

To many things that do not matter

Draw that line

You’re gonna miss out if you don’t slow down