Freddie’s Walkin’ (Live, 1989)

Lyrics

[Intro] We thank you very much for all that It's really a treat You know, I played in this room with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers I played here for a Kai Winding memorial benefit Never got to play here with my band This is a nice room to make music in And you people make it feel real good We're gonna do a song that, uh, I wrote, uh, for my sister's son My godson Freddie For those of you who don't know about Freddie When Freddie was born he was born a very big baby And they thought he was dеveloping slowly because of his sizе But at the age of two and a half he wasn't walking yet And they found out he had cerebral palsy So they took him to a great place in Rochester, New York Called the Al Sigl Center Where they work with young people with problems like this And after a very short time they had him walking Freddie's now about to turn twenty-one He's graduated from college He's having a great time He's a happening kid So we're gonna do a song called "Freddie's Walkin'" [Verse 1] We thank the Lord 'cause Freddie's walkin' (Yeah) We thank you Lord 'cause Freddie's walkin' Freddie's wearin' a smile and rightly so 'Cause now his feet, they know how to go We thank the Lord, yeah, 'cause Freddie's walkin' [Verse 2] We thank you Lord, yeah, 'cause Freddie's walkin' (Yeah) Thank the Lord, yeah, huh, 'cause Freddie's walkin' Now Freddie's steppin' out and holdin' his head up high With his pretty blue eyes just lookin' up toward the sky (Yeah, yeah, yeah) We thank the Lord 'cause Freddie's walkin' (Whoo) [Chorus] Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin' Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin' Oh, thank you Lord [Verse 3] Thank the Lord and Freddie, too (Yeah) For remindin' us of what love can do So now with every step Freddie takes Let's each of us a new friend make We thank the Lord, yeah, 'cause Freddie's walkin' (Oh yeah, yeah) [Chorus] (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') Yeah, yeah (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') I'm gonna show you now (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') I'm gonna tell you about Freddie (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') Well, well when Freddie was a little baby boy (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') It took him way too long to learn how to walk (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') So everybody got down on their knees, yeah yeah (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') Everybody got down on their knees and they prayed (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') They prayed to the Lord (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') Yes we did, we prayed to the Lord (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') We said, we said, dear Lord (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') Oh please Lord, Lord, Lord (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') One thing, yeah, one thing (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') Said I really got one thing (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') Freddie come on (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') I said, Freddie come on (Freddie's walkin', Freddie's walkin') Oh, thank you, thank you Lord (Woah yeah) [Outro] Gordon Johnson Bonadio Martin Manetta Mathes And Vadala And all you guys out there Thank you so much Bye bye