Slow Things Down

I am just an inner-city poet
With a cheap guitar
Busking for some change
On a busy city sidewalk

Your smile is no-where to be found
Your eyes are dark and sad
And it takes all my strength
Not to buckle at the knees
When I say

I'm as serious as a heart-attack
When I tell you that I'm paralyzed
Like a frightened deer on a highway
When you're driving by with the high beams on

I just wanna slow things down
Hold them 'til you find your ground

You're an actress with a bachelors
Sharing with a roommate
Living on a budget
In the most expensive city on the planet
And you're trying your damnedest
To stay afloat to not give up hope
When you didn't get the part you auditioned for
That day on the sidewalk

I'm as serious as a heart-attack
When I tell you that I'm paralyzed
Like a frightened deer on a highway
When you're driving by with the high beams on

I just wanna slow things down
Hold them 'till you find your ground

I'm as serious as a heart-attack
When I tell you that I'm paralyzed
Like a frightened deer on a highway
When you're driving by with the high beams on

I just wanna slow things down (I wanna slow things down)
Hold them 'til you find your ground (I wanna slow things down)
I just wanna slow things down (I wanna, I wanna)
Hold them 'till you find your ground (I wanna, I wanna)
I just wanna slow things down (I wanna, I wanna)
I just wanna slow things down (I wanna slow things down)
I just wanna slow things down