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 learns 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
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 You love it when it rains
 'Causes 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
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 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 fall 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