Don't you know, that I've been drifting away,   Better catch my rope before I'm landing on the next train,   To somewhere far away   And ain't it quaint, how we are always shifting and shaking in our shoes,   Watching the days go by   Nothing is gonna change unless we let it happen   And I just won't      I know you have your agenda and your new clothes and everyone around you   And, no, I won't slow you down we all have our big plans   You'll go off to California and the whole world will spin around before you   And, no, I won't slow you down, I'll be here doing everything I can      And when you come back around and you will, I know,   I can see the way you're shifting in your shoes now,   It must be difficult   And I can't blame you, you've always been a shaker   And I believe in you like the sun and the dirt and the ocean   We will never break unless we let it happen,   And I just won't      I know you have your agenda and your new clothes and everyone around you   And, no, I won't slow you down we all have our big plans   You'll go off to California and the whole world will spin around before you   And, no, I won't slow you down, I'll be here doing everything I can      To be fine, yeah   Taste it changing, we can make this, we can fake it   We're gonna be fine, yeah   Taste it changing, we can make this, we can fake it      I know you have your agenda and your new clothes and everyone around you   And, no, I won't slow you down we all have our big plans, yeah, yeah, yeah,   You'll go off to California and the whole world will spin around before you   And, no, I won't slow you down, I'll be here doing everything I can      To be fine, yeah