The love between the two of us was dyin'

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



CHORUS:

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.



If only for the sake of my sweet daughter

I just had to turn back home right there and then

And try to start a new life

With the mother of my child

I couldn't bear to hear those words again.



(CHORUS)



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 that I was leaving home for good

I turned around and there she was again, crying