The Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line

Lyrics

Everybody knows you've been stepping on my toes

And I'm gettin pretty tired of it

Keep stepping out of line and messing with my mind

If you had any sense you'd quit

But ever since you were just a little bitty girl

You said I was the only man in this whole world

Now you better do some thinking then you'll find

You got the only daddy that'll walk the line

I keep working every day, all you wanna do is play

I'm sick of staying out all night

You've been coming unglued from your funny little moods

So, honey-baby, that ain't right

'Cause ever since you were just a little bitty girl

You said I was the only man in this whole world

Now you better do some thinking then you'll find

You got the only daddy that'll walk the line

Everybody knows you been stepping on my toes

And still just putting me on

When I start-a-walking, don't I hear you start-a-squawking

Begging me to come back home

'Cause ever since you were just a little bitty girl

You said I was the only man in this whole world

Now you better do some thinking then you'll find

You got the only daddy that'll walk the line

Credits

• Written by: Ivy J. Bryant
• Produced by: (none credited)
• Recorded live at the Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1986-10-23
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar

James Burton - lead guitar

Jerry Scheff - bass

Jim Keltner - drums

T Bone Burnett - rhythm guitar

Mitchell Froom - keyboards

T-Bone Wolk - accordion, vocals

Michael Blair - marimbas, vibraphone, percussion

Ralph Carney - saxophone

Discography

Albums:

• King Of America (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1995
• King Of America (Deluxe Edition), Rhino/Edsel, 2005

Singles:

• none

Collections:

• none

Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Alternate Versions:

• none

Covers

Recorded by:

• Waylon Jennings, 1968
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Bootlegs

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