Lyrics to
Walking Slow

This version of Walking Slow was released by Jackson Browne in 1974.

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Walking slow down the avenue
Through my old neighborhood
Don’t know why I’m happy
I’ve got no reason to feel this good
Maybe it’s because I’m all alone
And I’ve got no place to go
And everywhere I look I see
Another person I’ll never know

I got a thing or two to say
Before I walk on by
I’m feeling good today
But if die a little farther along
I’m trusting everyone to carry on

Pretty little girl…
Running up and down the street with no shoes on
I got a pretty little girl of my own at home
Sometimes we forget we love each other
And we fight for no reason
I don’t know what I’ll do if she ever leaves me alone

I got a thing or two to say
Before I walk on by
I’m feelin’ good today
But if I die a little farther along
I’m trustin’ everyone to carry on

I’m puttin’ down my left foot
I’m puttin’ down my right foot

I got a thing or two to say
Before I walk on by
I’m feelin’ good today
But if I die a little father along
I’m trusting everyone to carry on

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About Lyrics and Walking Slow by Jackson Browne

The lyrics for Walking Slow are defined as the words making up the song released by Jackson Browne in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Walking Slow have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Jackson Browne and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Walking Slow by Jackson Browne if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Walking Slow" means the words set to the music of Walking Slow, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jackson Browne. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Walking Slow and the lyrics to Walking Slow are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jackson Browne who came here looking just for the lyrics to Walking Slow, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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