Lyrics to
Slow Down

This version of Slow Down was released by The Jam in 1977.

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Well come on pretty baby
won’t you walk with me
come on pretty baby
won’t you talk with me
come on baby
give me one more chance
try to save me and our romance
Slow down

Baby,
I’m not movin’away too fast

you better give me a little love,
give a little love
baby what I love the best

So I used to walk you home
baby after school
carry your books home too
and now you got a boyfriend
down the street
baby what you tryin’ to do?
you better slow down

Babe,
I’m not movin’away too fast

you better give a little love,
give a little love
baby what I love the best

So your a little lover
tell the way I do
come on pretty baby
walk two by two
I’ll let you love me
your so fine child
the best woman I’ve ever had
slow down

Babe,
I’m not movin’away too fast

you better give a little love,
give a little love
baby what I love the best

slow down
slow down
slow down
slow down baby
slow down
slow down

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About Lyrics and Slow Down by The Jam

When you decide to study the lyrics to Slow Down, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by The Jam. Some of the lyrics to Slow Down have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Jam and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Slow Down if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Slow Down" means the words set to the music of Slow Down, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Jam. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Slow Down and the lyrics to Slow Down are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Jam who came here looking just for the lyrics to Slow Down, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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