Please read comments below about the controversy surrounding this poem.
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S L O W D A N C E:
Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last
Do you run through each day on the fly
When you ask "How are you?"do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow
And in your haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
'Cause you never had time to call and say "Hi"?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away...
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
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This poem originally was sent as a chain email saying there was a little girl who has six
months to live. People are asked to forward the email about her to as many people as
possible because the American Cancer Society will give 3 cents per email to support her
treatment. It starts with a poem titled SLOW DANCE. The email is signed with the name of professor at Yeshiva University in New York.
The Truth:
According to the American Cancer Society, the email is a hoax. The girl in the story is never
identified (though often said to be called 'Amy Bruce'), the American Cancer Society has not
made any such commitment, there is no way for forwarded emails to be accounted for even if
someone wanted to make a donation for each one, and the professor named at Yeshiva
University, Dr. Dennis Shields, says he never had anything to do with any such story. If you
dial his number, you get a recording saying the story is not true.
There are several versions of this email making the rounds of the Net. Some simply say this
is a poem written by a dying girl. Others say the little girl gave it to a medical student.
Others say the poem is being circulated by a doctor.
The poem is actually from the pen of psychologist and writer David L. Weatherford
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Though ironic, the Guelph based band Blind Colour has written and recorded a song based on this very poem. Though labelled as a hoax because of its sorted history, the message it
sends is mostly accurate and worthy of repeating. Blind Colour has partnered with the Canadaian Cancer Society, and will donate 50 cents from every 99 cent download of the song from iTunes. I went to high school with the band's Paul Cook, so I am sure that this time
Slow Dance is legitimate.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=10150675092850018
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/slow-dance-single/id447212076?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
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S L O W D A N C E:
Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last
Do you run through each day on the fly
When you ask "How are you?"do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow
And in your haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
'Cause you never had time to call and say "Hi"?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away...
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
*************************
This poem originally was sent as a chain email saying there was a little girl who has six
months to live. People are asked to forward the email about her to as many people as
possible because the American Cancer Society will give 3 cents per email to support her
treatment. It starts with a poem titled SLOW DANCE. The email is signed with the name of professor at Yeshiva University in New York.
The Truth:
According to the American Cancer Society, the email is a hoax. The girl in the story is never
identified (though often said to be called 'Amy Bruce'), the American Cancer Society has not
made any such commitment, there is no way for forwarded emails to be accounted for even if
someone wanted to make a donation for each one, and the professor named at Yeshiva
University, Dr. Dennis Shields, says he never had anything to do with any such story. If you
dial his number, you get a recording saying the story is not true.
There are several versions of this email making the rounds of the Net. Some simply say this
is a poem written by a dying girl. Others say the little girl gave it to a medical student.
Others say the poem is being circulated by a doctor.
The poem is actually from the pen of psychologist and writer David L. Weatherford
*************************
Though ironic, the Guelph based band Blind Colour has written and recorded a song based on this very poem. Though labelled as a hoax because of its sorted history, the message it
sends is mostly accurate and worthy of repeating. Blind Colour has partnered with the Canadaian Cancer Society, and will donate 50 cents from every 99 cent download of the song from iTunes. I went to high school with the band's Paul Cook, so I am sure that this time
Slow Dance is legitimate.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=10150675092850018
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/slow-dance-single/id447212076?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
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