Settle For a Slowdown

I must look just like a fool

Here in the middle of the road

Standin' there in your rear-view

And gettin' soaked to the bone

This land is flat as it is mean

A man can see for a hundred miles

So I'm still prayin' I might see

The glow of a brake light

But your wheels just turn down the road ahead

If it hurts at all, you ain't showed it yet

I keep a-looking for the slightest sign

That you might miss what you left behind

I know there's nothing stoppin' you now

But I'd settle for a slowdown

I held on longer than I should

Believin' you might change your mind

And those bright lights of Hollywood

Would fade in time

But your wheels just turn down the road ahead

If it hurts at all, you ain't showed it yet

I keep a-looking for the slightest sign

That you might miss what you left behind

I know there's nothing stoppin' you now

But I'd settle for a slowdown

But your wheels just turn down the road ahead

If it hurts at all, you ain't showed it yet

You're just a tiny dot on that horizon line

Come on, tap those brakes, baby, just one time

I know there's nothing stoppin' you now

I'm not askin' you to turn back around

I'd settle for a slowdown

Come on, just slow down

I'd settle for a slowdown