[Verse 1]

             
I'd never met 

              
you, but I wan

         
ted to invite 

you to the par

ty
             
Then you walke

              
d in with thos

              
e green eyes, 

      
never stolen b

y nobody
             
And they flick

              
er to the futu

          
re, for a mome

nt, I could pi

cture
             
Then you touch

              
 me and I come

              
 back, and we'

    
re talking on 

the staircase

'Bout your big

 dreams on the

 big screens

Out of Georgia

, now you're l

onely in this
G.                                G
city , Lyin' with me, and you're scared it's movin' quickly

Oh, now you're

 crying, you'r

e in pieces

'Cause the onl

y love you've 

ever known is
             
Jesus I can fe

              
el it Oh, I ha


te that I'm th

e reason
            
That you're in

            
 your head rig

    
ht now
             
While your wor

          
ld is spinning

 
 out


[Chorus]

             
So slow it dow

           
n, take a mome

nt now
             
We're too youn

            
g to drown dee

p in dirty wat

ers
             
Full of hopele

              
ss doubt, let 

    
me pull you ou

t
             
Let me hold yo

       
u now, let me 

slow it down

[Verse 2]


Ain't it funny

 how it change

s?

How the future

 rearranges

I get nervous,

 oh, I'm anxio

us
       
Maybe loving y

ou is dangerou

s
             
I could lose y

              
ou, like the o

             
thers, Only gi

rl that's neve

r left me is m

y

mother, Oh, I 

love her
       
And I know you

'll probably h

ate it
           
But I'm in my 

         
head right now

[Chorus]

             
So slow it dow

           
n, take a mome

nt now
             
We're too youn

             
g to drown dee

p in dirty wat

ers
             
Full of hopele

              
ss doubt, let 

     
me pull you ou

t
             
Let me hold yo

         
u now, let me 

(slow it down)
             
Slow it down w

           
hen you're on 

the ground
              
And you're cry

            
ing, I'm tryin

g (slow it dow

n)
             
To slow it dow

              
n when you're 

 
spinning'round
             
In your head

  
        
Ooh-ooh-ooh, o

oh-ooh
           
I'll help you 

        
slow it down