Fancy Shoes - Steam Powered Giraffe.mp3

[00:04.41]There’s a thunder cloud behind those eyes,
[00:08.49]A storm’s a-brewin ’ in your mind’s thoughts.
[00:12.78]A static-electrical discharge will emulate for your swollen heart.
[00:16.86]Well the doctor prescribes
[00:18.57]Rubber soles.
[00:37.92]You can teach a robot how to dance
[00:46.02]You can’t teach a pair of shorts how to pants
[00:54.54]Stand between two mirrors
[00:57.81]And look into the distance
[01:02.70]You see you turn infinite
[01:05.43]Still you’re only human.
[01:11.43]It’s a suit-and-tie affair
[01:13.59]And you’re only wearing shoes.
[01:19.23]Although they’re pretty slick
[01:21.75]No one will let you through.
[01:25.56][CHORUS]
[01:25.80](Well)
[01:27.81]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[01:32.04]It’s all about the words you choose
[01:36.18]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[01:40.38]If it’s all about the friends you lose
[01:44.49]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[01:47.79]So why would, why would you?
[02:06.93][SPOKEN]
[02:09.75]I can see where they may be some confusion
[02:13.98]I was just once just like you
[02:18.06]Let me tell you a story to clarify the matter
[02:22.26]Once upon a time a mouse put on some shoes.
[02:25.89]‘ Hey, friend, where’d you get those fancy shoes?
[02:28.20]Are you wearing them, or are they wearing you?
[02:30.36]I’ve seen you walking down the boulevard,
[02:32.19]You must’ve come pretty far
[02:33.21]You make it look really hard.
[02:34.38]Those shoes sparkle gold and blue,
[02:36.33]They seem brand new
[02:37.23]Must’ve set you back a few.
[02:38.55]Oh, my fancy shoes—
[02:39.78]It shocked me,
[02:40.35]I’m in the path of a bus in the middle of a busy street!’
[02:58.71]You can fix a robot
[03:02.91]Buff out the dents
[03:06.84]Strap ‘em into a pair of fancy shoes
[03:10.38]And flip the switch to ‘commence.’
[03:15.18]But when all said and done,
[03:19.68]Are the shoes built for fun?
[03:23.55]Or to protect from broken glass
[03:26.46]Or toe- biters in tall grass?
[03:32.43]When everyone’s in red
[03:34.68]You wear
[03:36.24]Blue.
[03:40.74]It’s just like you to ignore simple truths.
[03:46.83][CHORUS]
[03:47.55](Well)
[03:48.60]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[03:52.83]It’s all about the words you choose
[03:56.97]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[04:00.99]If it’s all about the friends you lose.
[04:05.31]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[04:09.54]It’s all about the toes you lose.
[04:13.62]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[04:16.98]So why would, why would you?