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Settle For a Slowdown

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Settle For a Slowdown was released on January 1, 2008 by Capitol Nashville as a part of the album Greatest Hits / Every Mile a Memory 2003-2008

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Settle For a Slowdown was discovered most frequently at around 2 minutes and 35 seconds into the song during the past week

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Dierks Bentley

Vocals

Aubrey Haynie

Fiddle

Bryan Sutton

Acoustic Guitar

Gary Morse

Pedal Steel Guitar

Jerry Troy Corenflos

Jerry Troy Corenflos

Electric Guitar

Jimmy Carter

Bass

Lona Heins

Background Vocals

Russell Terrell

Russell Terrell

Background Vocals

Steve Brewster

Drums

Steve Sheehan

Acoustic Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Dierks Bentley

Songwriter

Brett Beavers

Songwriter

Tony Martin

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Brett Beavers

Producer

Dierks Bentley

Producer

John Caldwell

Recording Engineer

Luke Wooten

Mixing Engineer

Ryan Jones

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I must look just like a fool

Here in the middle of the road

Standin' there in your rear-view

And gettin' soaked to the bone

This land is flat, as it is mean

A man can see for a hundred miles

So I'm still prayin' I might see

The glow of a brake light

[Chorus]

But your wheels just turn down the road ahead

If it hurts at all, you ain't showed it yet

I keep a-looking for the slightest sign

That you might miss what you left behind

I know there's nothing stoppin' you now

But I'd settle for a slowdown

[Verse 2]

I held on longer than I should

Believin' you might change your mind

And those bright lights of Hollywood

Would fade in time

[Chorus]

But your wheels just turn down the road ahead

If it hurts at all, you ain't showed it yet

I keep a-looking for the slightest sign

That you might miss what you left behind

I know there's nothing stoppin' you now

But I'd settle for a slowdown

[Chorus]

But your wheels just turn down the road ahead

If it hurts at all, you ain't showed it yet

You're just a tiny dot on that horizon line

Come on, tap those brakes, baby, just one time

I know there's nothing stoppin' you now

I'm not askin' you to turn back around

I'd settle for a slowdown

[Outro]

Come on, just slow down

I'd settle for a slowdown

Written by: Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, Tony Martin

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