Slow Down Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well, come on pretty baby, won't you walk with me?
Come on, pretty baby, won't you talk with me?
Come on, pretty baby, give me one more chance
Try to save our romance
[Chorus]
Slow down
Baby, now you're moving way too fast
You gotta gimme a little lovin', gimme a little lovin'
Ow! If you want our love to last
[Verse 2]
Well, I used to walk you home, baby, after school
Carry your books home, too
But now you got a boyfriend down the street
Baby, what you trying to do?
[Chorus]
You better slow down
Baby, now you're moving way too fast
You gotta gimme a little lovin', gimme a little lovin'
Brr! If you want our love to last
Ow!
Ooh!
[Verse 3]
Well, you know that I love you, tell the world I do
Come on, pretty baby, why can't you be true?
I need your loving, oh, so bad
The best little woman I ever had
[Chorus]
Slow down!
Baby, now you're moving way too fast
You gotta gimme a little lovin', gimme a little lovin'
Ow! If you want our love to last
[Outro]
Ow!
Woo
About
One of the three Larry Williams songs that the Beatles covered (the others: “Bad Boy” and “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”).
It has an interesting recording and release history.
Recorded during A Hard Days Night Album, it was excluded as the decision was made to make it a whole (and first for The Beatles) Lennon-McCartney written songs.
Instead, it was as a single in the US – the B-side of the cover of Carl Perkins “Matchbox”. It was also included in the Us album Something New releases at the same time.
In the UK, it was released a week later in the Long Tall Sally EP.
The original, written and performed by Larry Williams in 1958, was the B-side of “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” –
Worth watching for the dancing as well!
Q&A
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