The Other Shoe Lyrics

The Other Shoe

One old brown shoe falls in slow motion, 
And the bedsprings hover right above your head, 
As bed springs do, when you`re beneath them. 
Someone else just climbed into your bed. 

By the time she thought you`d probably got to Phoenix, 
She`d arranged for your shoes to be filled. 
Well you`ve got your pride, and a blue-steel `45, 
And you`re waiting for the other shoe to fall. 

You`ll dig a double grave out in the meadow, 
And you`ll curse the rain that turns the dirt to mud. 
You`ll take I-35 south towards Laredo, 
Then you`ll try to find a doctor who can prescribe an elixir 
That`ll make everything better, except your late wife and her lover. 

By the time she thought you`d probably got to Phoenix, 
She`d sealed her fate and gotten herself killed. 
Well you`ve got your pride, and a blue-steel `45, 
And you`re waiting for the other shoe to fall.