Track 10 of the album Back Door Open · 2022
Don't Tell Me to Slow Down
“The doctor says take it easy, my wife says the same with a smile, and I'm still going. That chorus is the one the crowd shouts back.”
slow rock · heartland rock · singalong anthem · 3:16
Lyrics
Doctor says I should take it easy Wife says the same with a smile Bank says the truck's got one more payment And the road says walk the extra mile I've been counted out in a dozen towns By men who don't know my name But I'm still here with the engine turning And I ain't about to change Don't tell me to slow down I've got miles left in these bones Don't tell me the light's gone out When I'm still driving home I've been knocked flat, I've been left for dead I got up every time Don't tell me to slow down This old heart's still mine They said a man at fifty-five Is done with the big ideas But I wrote this song at a truck stop sink Through a decade of tears I've got a Telecaster and a bad left knee And a voice like gravel and rust And I'll sing it loud in an empty room Till the whole damn world is dust Don't tell me to slow down I've got miles left in these bones Don't tell me the light's gone out When I'm still driving home I've been knocked flat, I've been left for dead I got up every time Don't tell me to slow down This old heart's still mine Oh, I'm not running from anything I'm running toward the dawn Every scar's a mile marker Every year a song So let them talk, let them doubt Let them shake their heads I'll be out here on the highway Till the last sunrise is red Don't tell me to slow down I've got miles left in these bones Don't tell me the light's gone out When I'm still driving home I've been knocked flat, I've been left for dead I got up every time Don't tell me to slow down This old heart's still mine This old heart's still mine Still mine