~ 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 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
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
Yes, I'm still that little girl

Daddy, I still haven't slowed down yet . . .

Performed by
Reba McEntire