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