Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast - Lyrics - Wayne Newton
Carson Wayne Newton is an American singer and entertainer. One of the best-known entertainers in Las Vegas, Nevada, he is known by the nicknames The Midnight Idol, Mr. Las Vegas and Mr. Entertainment. His well known songs include 1972's "Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast" , "Years" , and his vocal version of "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" . He is best known for his signature song, "Danke Schoen" , which was notably used in the score for "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" .
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The love between the two of us was dying
And it got so bad I knew I had to leave,
But halfway down that highway, when I turned around, I saw
My little daughter running after me,
Crying,
"Daddy, don't you walk so fast.
Daddy, don't you walk so fast.
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're making me run.
Daddy, don't you walk so fast."
Now it broke my heart to tell my little daughter
That her daddy had to run to catch a train.
She had no way of knowing I was leaving home for good.
I turned around and there she was again
And she said to me,
"Daddy, don't you walk so fast."
My darling cried,
"Daddy, don't you walk so fast.
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're making me run.
Daddy, don't you walk so fast."
If only for the sake of my sweet daughter,
I just had to turn back home right then and there
And try to start a new life with the mother of my child.
I couldn't bear to hear those words again.
She cried and said,
"Daddy, don't you walk so fast."
My darling cried,
"Daddy, don't you walk so fast.
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're making me run.
Daddy, don't you walk so fast."
"Daddy, don't you walk so fast."
My darling cried,
"Daddy, don't you walk so fast.
Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're making me run.
Daddy, don't you walk so fast."
