Dionne Warwick: Walk On By

Remarks:

Like peanut butter and jelly, Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn, so Burt Bacharach goes with Dionne Warwick. Each helped the other become more famous. This is my favourite Bacharach song, though I like the Isaac Hayes cover better. The Warwick original came out in 1964, going to #6 on the US pop chart, #9 in the UK.

Burt Bacharach died at 94 this past week.

Requiescat in pace. 

See also:

• songs: the 1960s
• Isaac Hayes: Walk On By
• Audrey Hepburn
• Whitney Houston – Warwick’s cousin

Lyrics:

If you see me walking down the street
And I start to cry each time we meet
Walk on by, walk on by

Make believe
That you don’t see the tears
Just let me grieve
In private ’cause each time I see you
I break down and cry

Walk on by (don’t stop)
Walk on by (don’t stop)
Walk on by

I just can’t get over losing you
And so if I seem broken and blue
Walk on by, walk on by

Foolish pride
That’s all that I have left
So let me hide
The tears and the sadness you gave me
When you said goodbye

Walk on by (don’t stop)
Walk on by (don’t stop)
Walk on by (don’t stop)
Walk on

Walk on by, walk on by
Foolish pride
Is all that I have left
So let me hide
The tears and the sadness you gave me
When you said goodbye

Walk on by (don’t stop)
Walk on by (don’t stop)
Now you really gotta walk on by (don’t stop)
Baby never even see the tears I cry (don’t stop)
Now you really gotta walk on by (don’t stop)

Source: AZLyrics.