Little Girl

Daddy used to tell me If I ran too fast I'd fall and hurt myself But the ice cream man would ring his bell And I'd get there before anyone else I'd see a puppy in the window And I'd run and press my face against the pane And daddy'd say "Slow down, girl After all these years I guess nothing has changed" That little girl I knew ran after you But she fell this time and broke her heart in two Hey, that's just like a little girl I knew Back home there stands an old house With a picket fence beneath a big oak tree I can almost see the backyard And a little girl with freckles, that was me And there were dreams of toys and storybooks And, Lord, it seemed I wanted them so bad Now 20 years have come and gone And I'm still chasing things that I can't have That little girl I knew ran after you But she fell this time and broke her heart in two Hey, that's just like a little girl I knew Guess I'm still that little girl Daddy, I still haven't slowed down yet