Lyrics to
How Can I Slow Down

This version of How Can I Slow Down was released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1974.

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I just run ’round like a fool
Stay in trouble all the time
Got put behind bars yeah
Served two years on the county line

Life aint no good at all
behind these county walls
On a cold concrete pedestal
Oh wrote the words to this song

And how can I slow down
When I can’t stop runnin’
My own shadow scares me to death

Got caught in Carolina town
When Woodrough sheriff come around
He caught me in the bed
With the county sheriff’s wife

And how can I slow down
When I can’t stop running
My own shadow scares me to death

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The lyrics to How Can I Slow Down are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to How Can I Slow Down are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Marshall Tucker Band and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for How Can I Slow Down back when it was created.

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