Slow Moving Man

Ya coulda married one of those slow moving men Who'd followed you 'round in high-school How different your life might have been There'd of been children to fight for Holidays to live for Vulnerability to pay for In one way Or another Think of it now Your very own Slow moving man Sleeps next to you And snores like the ocean waves Someone to shave for While you watch his beard grow An Achilles heel To grab and to hold Nightmare to scold And pick up from the same barroom floor Someone to cheat on While you're still moving fast enough You'd still have him when no one wants either of you anymore Think of it now Your very own Slow moving man Who you dream of drowning In the ocean waves Your kids wouldn't thank you For not being abandoned You'd try not to punish them for your choices And unfulfilled life You'd give up your lovers Cuz affairs would be harder And who'd want a martyr Who'd leave herself Leave herself if she could Think of it now Your very own mouth-breathing clan Your final legacy And ready-made crowd to blame Just wake up thankful There's no one to shatter And only life you gave Was birth to this song Where's the regret in that Think of it now Your very own Slow moving song It's about four minutes And it's simpler this way It's just simpler this way