Have you ever watched kids

Have you ever watched kids
on a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain
slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night
You better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
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 the 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 his 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,
When 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.