| I hear you’re leaving town
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| 'Cause you’re tired of hanging around
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| The same city limit signs
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| You’ve been waiting around your whole life
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| Just like a baby bird
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| Nervous when it first learned
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| To spread its wings
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| And fly into the air
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| Now I’ve got to tell you something
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| These words might hurt
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| But please hold them long enough
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| To feel their weight as they plead
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| Slow down, slow down
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| Grab a coffee here with me
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| And take a second to breathe
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| Slow down, slow down
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| Let’s be quiet for a while
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| And I will try to make you smile
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| Slow down
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| You love it when it rains
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| 'Cause it always washes away
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| The dirt between the cracks
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| Of everything that we think we see
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| Now all your bags are packed
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| Your father’s head tips back
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| Into the chair that he sits
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| While he watches you slip away
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| He cries, «Will you please forgive me, darling
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| I can’t keep living brokenhearted
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| First it was your mother
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| Now it’s bound to be you»
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| Slow down, slow down
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| What about all our memories
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| When you would dance and sing for me
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| Slow down, slow down
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| What happened to my baby girl
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| Who used to sit on top the world
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| Slow down
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| You can travel the world
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| Just as fast as your feet’ll go
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| Graze the Atlantic shorelines
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| Sleep in hotels of Tokyo
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| Lose everything in Vegas
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| Then go falling in love in Spain
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| But like Arizona’s canyons
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| A hole in you remains
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| I just want you to believe
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| That the invisible frame’s what we see
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| And it’s as beautiful as a baby’s eyes
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| And as incredible as the first time they breathe
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| Slow down, slow down
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| Grab a coffee here with me
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| And take a second to breathe
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| Slow down, slow down
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| Let’s be quiet for a while
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| And I will try to make you smile
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| Slow down |