Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast Song Lyrics and Chords
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast Song Lyrics and Chords by Charlie Rich
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
Recorded by Charlie Rich
Written by Peter Callender and Geoff Stephens
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The love between the two of us was
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dying
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got so bad I knew I had to
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leave
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halfway down that highway when I
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turned around and
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saw
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little girl was
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running
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after
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Crying daddy don't you walk so fast
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Daddy don't you walk so fast
Daddy
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slow down
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some cause you're
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makin' me
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run
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Daddy don't you
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walk so
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fast
Now it broke my heart to tell my little
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baby
That her
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daddy had to run to catch a
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train
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had no way of knowin' I was
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leavin' home for
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good
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turned around and
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there she
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was
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gain
Repeat #2
If only for the sake of my sweet
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daughter
I just
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had to turn back home right there and
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then
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try to start a new life with the
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mother of my
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child
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couldn't bear to
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hear those
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She said daddy don't you walk so fast
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Daddy don't you walk so fast
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slow down
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some cause you're
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makin' me
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run
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walk so
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fast
FAQ
Who sang the the song Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast?
- The song Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast was sang by Charlie Rich.
Who is Charlie Rich?
- Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932 - July 25, 1995) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, soul, and gospel genres.In the later part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname the Silver Fox. He is perhaps best remembered for a pair of 1973 hits, "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl". "The Most Beautiful Girl" topped the U.S. country singles charts, as well as the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles charts and earned him two Grammy Awards. Rich was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
