Lavin Christine High Heel Shoes Lyrics

High Heel Shoes Lyrics

Christine Lavin
"High Heel Shoes"
I'm getting dizzy way up here;
I
haven't been this high in years.
Oh, whatever possessed me to
Blow eighty
dollars on these high heel shoes.
"Looks like a pump, feels like a
sneaker"?
Do they think we're idiots?  But I bought 'em.
Now I'm standing
in a subway car.
I ride because I cannot walk far.
I couldn't find an
empty cab on the street;
They were filled with high-heeled women with
non-functioning feet.
Twenty-six years ago I dreamed of wearing shoes like
these.
Oh, the warped mind of the preteen with her strange
priorities.
But this is a nightmare
Of unsteady ankles, hands waving in
the air.
But the looks my legs are getting from that man across the
aisle
Almost make the pain and misery and doctor bills worthwhile.
If by
chance you happen to meet
This wobbly woman walking down your street,
The
click of high heels on concrete
Is not the thrill of victory; it's the agony
of defeat.
Oh, take pity on my vanity;
Maybe question my sanity.
Why I
wear these uncomfortable things?  Heaven knows,
Which make me wonder about
these pierced earrings, and my pantyhose,
My control top.
Ooh, I can see
you don't want me to sing about pantyhose.
You'd rather I go back to tap
dancing
Like my close personal friend Paula Abdul
Who, like me, was a
geek back in high school.
Oh, I'm sorry, but that's not what this song is
about.
At least it wasn't when it started out.
I pray this subway ride
never ends,
So I will never never have to walk again.
In high
heels.
It's a different atmosphere
In high heels.
I can see your house
from here
In high heels,
High heels.