Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast Song Lyrics and Chords
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast Song Lyrics and Chords by Wayne Newton
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
Recorded by Wayne Newton
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 I
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saw
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little daughter
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running
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after
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me
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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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daughter
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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
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And she said
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daddy don't you walk so fast
My darling cried
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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
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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words
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She cried and
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said
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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 Wayne Newton.
Who is Wayne Newton?
- Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942) is an American singer and actor. 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" (his biggest hit, peaking at No. 4 on the Hot 100), "Years" (1980), and his vocal version of "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (1965). His signature song "Danke Schoen" (1963) was notably used in the score for Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
