Chorus:  I said slow down--  Slow down and live, my friend  Take time--take time to understand  The things--the things you hope to win  Before--before your journey's end  Slow down--slow down and try to do  The things--the things that's right for you  You know--you know  The soul--the soul  You save could be your own  Albert Abernathy never spent a foolish dime  Rising at the crack of dawn and working overtime  You know, he never told me how much happiness he found  Yesterday we laid him in the finest grave in town.  Chorus:  I said slow down--  Slow down and live, my friend  Take time--take time to understand  The things--the things you hope to win  Before--before your journey's end.  Slow down--slow down and try to do  The things--the things that's right for you  You know--you know  The soul--the soul  You save could be your own.  Little Sally Tremble is a Music City Queen  You can see her picture now on every magazine  Sally's come a long way from the life she left behind  She's had six gold records and been married seven times!  Chorus:  I said slow down--slow down and live my friend  Take time--take time to understand  The things--the things you hope to win  Before--before your journey's end  Slow down--slow down and try to do  The things--the things that's right for you  You know--you know  The soul--the soul  You save could be your own.