Fancy Shoes - Steam Powered Giraffe

[04:27.0]There’s a thunder cloud behind those eyes,
[04:27.0]A storm’s a-brewin ’ in your mind’s thoughts.
[04:27.0]A static-electrical discharge will emulate for your swollen heart.
[04:27.0]Well the doctor prescribes
[04:27.0]Rubber soles.
[04:27.0]You can teach a robot how to dance
[04:27.0]You can’t teach a pair of shorts how to pants
[04:27.0]Stand between two mirrors
[04:27.0]And look into the distance
[04:27.0]You see you turn infinite
[04:27.0]Still you’re only human.
[04:27.0]It’s a suit-and-tie affair
[04:27.0]And you’re only wearing shoes.
[04:27.0]Although they’re pretty slick
[04:27.0]No one will let you through.
[04:27.0][CHORUS
[04:27.0](Well)
[04:27.0]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[04:27.0]It’s all about the words you choose
[04:27.0]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[04:27.0]If it’s all about the friends you lose
[04:27.0]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[04:27.0]So why would, why would you?
[04:27.0][SPOKEN
[04:27.0]I can see where they may be some confusion
[04:27.0]I was just once just like you
[04:27.0]Let me tell you a story to clarify the matter
[04:27.0]Once upon a time a mouse put on some shoes.
[04:27.0]‘ Hey, friend, where’d you get those fancy shoes?
[04:27.0]Are you wearing them, or are they wearing you?
[04:27.0]I’ve seen you walking down the boulevard,
[04:27.0]You must’ve come pretty far
[04:27.0]You make it look really hard.
[04:27.0]Those shoes sparkle gold and blue,
[04:27.0]They seem brand new
[04:27.0]Must’ve set you back a few.
[04:27.0]Oh, my fancy shoes—
[04:27.0]It shocked me,
[04:27.0]I’m in the path of a bus in the middle of a busy street!’
[04:27.0]You can fix a robot
[04:27.0]Buff out the dents
[04:27.0]Strap ‘em into a pair of fancy shoes
[04:27.0]And flip the switch to ‘commence.’
[04:27.0]But when all said and done,
[04:27.0]Are the shoes built for fun?
[04:27.0]Or to protect from broken glass
[04:27.0]Or toe- biters in tall grass?
[04:27.0]When everyone’s in red
[04:27.0]You wear
[04:27.0]Blue.
[04:27.0]It’s just like you to ignore simple truths.
[04:27.0][CHORUS
[04:27.0](Well)
[04:27.0]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[04:27.0]It’s all about the words you choose
[04:27.0]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[04:27.0]If it’s all about the friends you lose.
[04:27.0]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[04:27.0]It’s all about the toes you lose.
[04:27.0]It doesn’t matter those fancy shoes
[04:27.0]So why would, why would you?