Do You Remember Walter?

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Noma Music, Inc./Hi-Count Music, Inc. BMI

Chord file

Lyrics:

Walter, remember when the world was young
And all the girls knew Walter's name?
Walter, isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed?
Do you remember, Walter, playing cricket in the thunder and the rain?
Do you remember, Walter, smoking cigarettes behind your garden gate?
Yes, Walter was my mate,
But Walter, my old friend, where are you now?

Walter's name.
Walter, isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed?
Do you remember, Walter, how we said we'd fight the world so we'd be free.
We'd save up all our money and we'd buy a boat and sail away to sea.
But it was not to be.
I knew you then but do I know you now?

Walter, you are just an echo of a world I knew so long ago
If you saw me now you wouldn't even know my name.
I bet you're fat and married and you're always home in bed by half-past eight.
And if I talked about the old times you'd get bored and you'll have nothing more to say.
Yes people often change, but memories of people can remain.

This song can be found on the following releases:

backing track, 2018 stereo mix (2:53), recorded March or July 1968 at Pye Studios No. 2, Marble Arch, London

mono mix (2:26), recorded Apr 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

stereo mix, 12-track VGPS version (2:26), recorded Apr 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

stereo mix, 15-track version (2:23), recorded Apr 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

mono reduction of 15-track VGPS stereo mix (2:23), recorded Apr 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

mono mix, BBC mix (original backing track, new vocals), recorded Apr 1968 (backing track) and 2 Apr 1969 (vocals) at Pye Studios (No. 2), London (backing track) and Aeolian Hall, Studio 1, London (vocals)

live, stereo mix, recorded 11 Apr, 1994 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London

stereo mix, Ray with the Crouch End Festival Chorus (3:34), recorded Spring 2009 at Air Studios & Konk Studios, London

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