If I could stop the time when I needed a breaknGet off the train and let it go its waynI wouldn't have known how to thank younnI've got a girl I love, three kids and a housenBills to my neck, working hours at nightnI've got friends I never get to see no morenA house to paint, a gate and a doornFlowers to grow, a road to cleannA lawn to cut, it's pretty steepnI can't go nowhere without my jobnMy telephone's ringing all day longnnAnd if I could stop the time when I needed a breaknGet off the train and let it go its waynI wouldn't know how to thank younIf I could stop the time, let it all fly awaynTake a long, deep breath and stay for a daynI wouldn't know what to saynBut maybe I wouldn't feel this waynnBecame a dad to a girl at the age eighteennAnd ever since then she's motivated menI write songs for a living and I play the guitarnAt night in those clubs go a little too farnAnd my baby keeps waiting while I'm awaynAnxious and sad 'cause she wants me to staynI've got a job that requires a lot of menPulled in every direction, but so is shennIf I could stop the time when I needed a breaknGet off the train and let it go its waynI wouldn't know how to thank younIf I could stop the time, let it all fly bynTake a deep, long breath and stay for a whilenI wouldn't know what to saynAnd maybe I wouldn't feel this waynnI ain't complainingnI'm just telling how things arenI'm way over my head here nI'm a worn out man who doesn't know where to startnSo I turn to younnIf I could stop the time when I needed a breaknGet off the train and let it go its waynI wouldn't have known how to thank younIf I could stop the time, let it all fly bynTake a deep, long breath and stay for a whilenI wouldn't know what to saynBut maybe I wouldn't feel this waynnIf I could stop the time when I needed a breaknGet off the train and let it go its waynI wouldn't know how to thank younIf I could stop the time, let it fly its waynTake a long, deep breath and stay for a daynI wouldn't know what to saynBut maybe I wouldn't feel this way