Slow Time Kid
album: Endless Sky (1993), track 6 of 12
author: Chuck Pyle
publisher: Bee 'n' Flower Music BMI
They say time is a river They say time is money When I was a kid Time ran slower than honey Sweet as the rain Out on BB Gun Road Or the candy I bought From the lawns I mowed CHORUS And it was a long time from morning 'til night My step was strong and my body was light There was a day full of time for everything I did Shiny as a dime, I was the slow time kid When my daddy's depot Felt like a jail Listening for a train I'd go walking the rail Thinking 'bout the world Farther down the line Anything seemed better Than the world I called mine CHORUS Days been going by like telephone poles Out the window of a runaway train Am I going to surrender to that boy Full of wonder Back there walking the rails in the rain Now I'm not doing nothing Just to get it done There's a measure of joy In every step I run All this time I been looking The treasure was hid Back there in the heart Of my slow time kid CHORUS Slow time kid
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