Walkaway — An adult calmly leaves an open doorway for a brilliant Central Valley morning as the path ahead blooms with wildflowers

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Walkaway

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

A confident walk through downtown captures the narrator's attention and draws him into a night of flirtation, rivalry and unsettled memories. Attraction mingles with bravado as he watches someone capable of leaving him behind. By the ending, he wants to believe that this departure, unlike earlier ones, will be followed by a return.

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Recorded versions

3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Walkaway

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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WALKAWAY

You got the Walkaway right on down
Sparkin’ your heels on the Street downtown
How does it feel to strut your get around?
Keeping it real on the other side of town

Circle in a wheel when the Sun goes down
You've been stealing hearts all over this town
You can pick up mine,  but you better put it down
Girl I gotta tell you, ya got the Walkaway down

CHORUS
Nothing's gonna happen until after Midnight
Another night of rockin’ underneath the neon lights
Encouraging my urges and indulging appetites
Throwin’ left and right at the Friday Night Fights
Step up on the catwalk and turn yourself around
 put away the smack talk and turn Up the music loud
Love is always so much better when it's not allowed
It don't really matter, cuz you’re playin’ for the crowd

I don't have to tell you that this dude is going down
He's been talking trash all over this town
Step up to the line right now and put your money down
You're never gonna see her in a wedding gown

When you turn away like that, and you show me just your back
Your little Walkaway ‘bout to gimme a heart attack
The way you spin around got my colors turnin’ black
Gonna take you on down to the shack out in the back

What happened in there, I ain't never gonna say
I can still remember, like it was just yesterday
I pray the things that happened there don't happe went n anymore
All of that just away when you walked in my door

Let me see you do that Walkaway just one more time
Babe, I gotta say I love the way you walk that line
You and I can let our minds get in the way sometimes
I know that when you Walkaway you'll be comin’ back this time
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