Dirt Off Your New Shoes
Bishop Allen
Anything we should know about your change?
Take the shells that you've collected
Sow them with your favorite silver thread
Now you jingle, now you rattle with every step
Skeletons upon the stairway
Showing up the teeth inside their heads
Is it you or are they laughing at what you said?
And when the day came,
You had the same name,
You let your town down
Town down
Way down
And when the day came,
You had the same name
You let your town down
Town down
Way down
(Breakdown)
In the dark and down the hillside
Run until you cannot catch your breath
Get the band to play a love song...at your request
Smell the cinnamon and chocolates
Marigolds: yellow, pink and red
On the ground you spread a blanket to be your bed
And when the day came,
You had the same name
You let your town down
Town down
Way down
And when the day came,
You had the same name
You let your town down
Town down
Way down
And when you, when you, get on your new shoes
You turn your town down, way down
Share
More from Bishop Allen
Don't Hide Away
Bishop Allen
The Ancient Commonsense Of Things
Bishop Allen
True or False
Bishop Allen
Dimmer
Bishop Allen
Tiger, Tiger
Bishop Allen
The Envy of the Bees
Bishop Allen
Abe Lincoln
Bishop Allen
Clementines
Bishop Allen
St. Ivan's Day School
Bishop Allen
The History of Excuses
Bishop Allen
Song for Daniel
Bishop Allen
Wekh
Bishop Allen
Shrinking Violet
Bishop Allen
Choose Again
Bishop Allen
The Chinatown Bus
Bishop Allen
Rain
Bishop Allen
Middle Management
Bishop Allen
Central Booking
Bishop Allen
Suddenly
Bishop Allen
Winter Coat
Bishop Allen