HOW DO YOU STOP

( JAMES BROWN )

Hard bodies, soft emotions, so fast so smart
The world's at your feet but what about your heart
Fame and power can't hold you tight
In the late hours of the night

How do you stop, tell me, before it's too late
You choose and you lose if you hesitate
How do you stop before it's too late
You think love will wait so you don't hold on
And then it's gone - aha - And then lt's gone

You've had such success - a new group of friends
You called it the good life
You thought it would never, never end
One minute you're too young, and then you're prime
Then you're looking back at the hands of time

How do you stop, tell me, before it's too late
You choose and you lose if you hesitate
Tell me, how do you stop before it's too late
Ooh ooh, you don't hold on
And then it's gone

How do you stop a runaway train
How do you stop the pouring, pouring rain
How do you stop the night turn to day
How do you stop love from slipping away

How do you stop from believing
How do you stop ???lovers brought us evening
How do you stop the tide coming in
How do you stop cold, cold wind

How do you stop - how, tell me - before it's too late
Before it's too late, mmh
You choose and then you lose if you hesitate - hesitate

Hey, how do you stop a runaway train
How do you stop pouring, pouring rain
How do you stop a heart with wings
How do you stop the essence things

How do you stop before it's too late
You choose and you lose if you hesitate
How, how do you stop before ït's too late to love