Putting the Brakes on Time

[Verse 1]
I'm cutting off the telephone
You unplug the TV
At the rate life's passing us by
We can't take the time to breathe
I know you can't turn time around
But maybe there's a way to slow it down

[Chorus]
Sipping iced tea from a backporch swing
Laying by a river as the world runs by
Making sweet love while the mockingbird sings
We can try, putting the brakes on time

[Verse 2]
When did we last have a heart to heart talk?
Over a glass of wine
Or stop and watch the grass grow
Or smell a honeysuckle vine
We can't put the sand back in the hourglass
But we can hold each other, baby
And make this weekend last

[Chorus]

[Outro]
We can slow it down, baby
And put the brakes on time
We can slow it down, baby
And put the brakes on time, yeah