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

yes

i'm still that little girl

daddy i still haven't slowed down yet