I'm wearing five pretty hats today 
 I got four places to be and three critical endeavours to save 
 Two hands are not enough to balance all this stupid stuff and 
 One head can [bad word] on zero hours of sleep 
 You know that it's not fun 

 But Sixth Avenue is calling me away 
 It's seven blocks from here to eight or nine perfect cafés 
 I guess I've drawn some kind of line, gonna drop some balls, gonna make some time 
 My steps are steering that way now 
 It's not like I'm useful lately anyhow 

 I'm gonna waste some time and play 
 I'm gonna find the right café 
 I'm gonna lay down my dismay and sit in just one chair all day 
 And wonder wonder wonder -- what it would take to stop 

 The world -- a spell 
 I feel dizzy and a bit unwell 
 Just sit, just stare 
 There's no one in mortal peril if I 
 Stop the world awhile 
 One raw sugar please, I love your smile Babe 
 Just chill, just breathe 
 I'll take this one in a real cup please 

 I'm gonna breathe deep 'til I'm dizzy 
 Hey Stranger, you look pretty busy 

 Hey Love, you look like a zombie on parade 
 You got a cell phone sword and a briefcase barricade 
 You can't taste your coffee when you drink so fast, is that your tenth 
 Or eleventh cup? Stranger, look at me 
 I've never said hello and that's killing me 

 I've seen you here a dozen times 
 But I've been wrapped up in my rhymes 
 We've both got places to be and people to see and doubtless ladders to climb 
 But wouldn't you wouldn't you love to stop 

 The world -- with me 
 Take ten minutes being just to be 
 We'll talk -- or not 
 You don't really need that extra shot 
 Just sit down -- drink up 
 Darlin', you look simply [bad word] 
 I'm new myself 
 To this startled state of mental health 
 And I'm mad, I'm sore 
 So let's hold the phone, babe, let's hit ignore 
 Might read, might just write 
 Or I might not do one [bad word] worthwhile thing tonight 

 I like to walk downtown at night 
 I like the calm, the dark, the lights 
 I like the bracing winter air 
 And I like having five minutes to care 

 How've you been on your feet so long 
 As if you had [bad word] the world, had to right every last wrong 
 As if you could! As if we're all waiting on you 
 Aren't you tired of somnambulating? 

 Stop the world a spell 
 If you feel sick step off the carousel 
 Just sit -- just stare 
 Did you think the world would really care 
 If you stopped the world with me? 
 Sit down Love, we'll take some tea 
 Let's rage, let's cry 
 It feels so nice to depetrify Love 
 I wanna lay down roots, I wanna hold the line 
 I want a day of rest, I want a Sunday smile 
 So take off your hat and unclench your teeth 
 And fill up your mouth with something sweet 
 You have to breathe. 
 Write it on your forehead if you need to. 
 Just don't forget -- 
 Or aren't you tired of somnambulating yet?