The World Ain't Slowin' Down Lyrics - Ellis Paul

I found you sitting on a suitcase crying 

Beneath my feet I feel the rumble of a subway train 

And I laugh out loud 

ëcause it's the one thing I hadn't been trying 

The train came in breathless 

The passenger's restless 

You say, "baby, you'll never change" 

(chorus) 

You gotta get gone 

You gotta get going 

Hey, the world ain't slowin' down 

For no one 

It's a carnival calling out to you 

And it sounds like a song 

It hits you like scripture 

You paint the picture 

With colors squeezed from your hand 

Weren't you the kid 

Who just climbed on a merry-go-round 

Hey, look, the world ain't slowin' down 

Out on the sidewalk 

The pigeons do the moonwalk 

I'll be dancing like fred astaire 

The lampposts are rockin' 

The whole town is talking 

Like a fool in a barber's chair 

And I get the sensation 

It's joy and frustration 

Like getting caught by a drop of cold rain 

Freedom can numb you 

When there's no place to run to 

It feels just like novocain 

(chorus) 

You packed up all your handbags 

You're throwing off the sandbags 

I let go when you stepped free 

I didn't want to lose you 

You said, "you didn't choose to -- 

It's just how your karma came" 

But thanks for the vision, 

And the twenty-twenty wisdom 

It hit me like a south-bound train 

(chorus)