(kendal franceschi, quentin powers)
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
Chorus:
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
Repeat chorus
Yes, i'm still that little girl
Daddy i still haven't slowed down yet