If the Lord put 28 hours in the day

I'd spend the rest talkin' about the next

I run myself near ragged

Payin' off plastic, cashing checks

I drove by Daddy's Mama's

Fifteen times and I never stopped

Need a little less of what I want

And a lot more of what I got

Why do I break my back

For the same piece of Fool's Gold everybody's out for?

I'll be just fine with some peace and quiet

Holding down a back porch

Too much work, too much work

The root of all evil done did me dirty

My world's been spinnin' too fast

'Round and 'round

It's time for a slow down

I'm talkin' 'bout

Shell station, chicken liver sinkin'

Down to the bottom of an old farm pond

Feed sack for a pillow, a woman in my arms

Countin' them stars til the last one's gone

Why do I break my back

For the same piece of Fool's Gold everybody's out for?

I'll be just fine with some peace and quiet

Holding down a back porch

Too much work, too much work

The root of all evil done did me dirty

My world's been spinnin' too fast

'Round and 'round

It's time for a slow down

Time for a slow down

Spending my life stacking them dimes

Just to find out you can't buy time

Why do I break my back

For the same piece of Fool's Gold everybody's out for?

I'll be just fine with some peace and quiet

Holding down a back porch

Too much work, too much work

The root of all evil done did me dirty

My world's been spinnin' too fast

'Round and 'round

It's time for a slow down

Slow on down

Slow down

Slow on down

It's time for a slow down