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 makin' 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 knowin' I was leavin' home for good

I turned around and there she was again crying

Daddy don't you walk so fast

Daddy don't you walk so fast

Daddy slow down some 'cause you're makin' 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 when she said

Daddy don't you walk so fast

Daddy don't you walk so fast

Daddy slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run

Daddy don't you walk so fast

Daddy slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run

Oh daddy don't you walk so fast