The Walk (Sawyer Brown song)

"The Walk"
Single by Sawyer Brown
from the album Buick
Released	June 25, 1991
Recorded	1991
Genre	Country
Length	3:44
Label	Capitol Nashville/Curb
Writer(s)	Mark Miller
Producer(s)	Mark Miller Randy Scruggs
Sawyer Brown singles chronology
"Mama's Little Baby Loves Me" (1991) "The Walk" (1991) "The Dirt Road" (1991)

"The Walk" is a song written by Mark Miller, and recorded by American country music band Sawyer Brown. It was released in June 1991 as the third and final single from their album Buick. It peaked at number 2 in the United States, and number 5 in Canada.^[1] It is also included on their 1992 album The Dirt Road.

Content

The song is a ballad in which the song's narrator tells about his life through walking. In the first verse, he is a boy who is reluctant to walk down the driveway to the school bus and go to school, until he is comforted by his father. In the second verse, the narrator is again comforted by his father after being drafted and sent to fight in Vietnam. By the third verse, the father is now very old and watches his son comforting his grandson who is reluctant to get on the school bus.

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon, and it is entirely in black and white.

Chart positions

Year-end charts

References