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