SLOW DANCE 慢舞

Have you ever watched kids 	你曾否看著孩子們

On a merry-go-round? 		玩旋轉木馬?

Or listened to the rain 		或聽聽那雨點

Slapping on the ground? 	淅瀝瀝滴落地面

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight? 	你可曾跟隨蝴蝶飄忽隨意飛行的軌跡?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? 	或看著太陽沉入黑夜?

You better slow down. 	你最好慢下腳步

Don't dance so fast. 		別跳得這麼急促

Time is short. 			時光苦短

The music won't last.		樂聲不會永恆

Do you run through each day 	你是否每日穿梭

On the fly? 			飛行空中?

When you ask How are you? 	當你問朋友﹕「你好嗎?」

Do you hear the reply? 		你是否有聽他們的回答?

When the day is done 		當一天結束

Do you lie in your bed 		你是否躺在床上

With the next hundred chores 	有百件雜事

Running through your head? 	在腦中奔騰?

You'd better slow down 	你最好慢下腳步

Don't dance so fast. 		別跳得這麼急促

Time is short. 			時光苦短

The music won't last. 		樂聲不會永恆

Ever told your child, 		可曾告訴你的孩子

We'll do it tomorrow? 		這事明天再說?

And in your haste, 		在你匆忙的眼中

Not see his sorrow?		可曾發現他的哀傷?

Ever lost touch, 		可曾失去聯繫

Let a good friendship die 	讓一段珍貴友誼逝去?

Cause you never had time 	因為你沒時間

To call and say,"hi"		打通電話問安

You'd better slow down. 	你最好慢下腳步

Don't dance so fast. 		別跳得這麼急促

Time is short. 			時光苦短

The music won't last. 		樂聲不會永恆

When you run so fast to get somewhere 	當你急忙衝去某處

You miss half the fun of getting there. 		你失去路程中一半的樂趣

When you worry and hurry through your day, 	當你擔憂且急忙度過今天

It is like an unopened gift.... 			就像將是一個未拆的禮物

Thrown away.					丟開

Life is not a race. 		人生不是場競賽

Do take it slower 		放慢你的腳步

Hear the music 			在歌曲結束之前

Before the song is over. 	聽聽那音符飄揚