Cement Shoes

from Wash Your Hands Before You Steal My Heart by Lost Puppy

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lyrics

Only shy one stone
at the bottom of your ocean floor
nobody ever looks down
skeletons chipping your shoulder
even when they're locked away

The pit of nonchalance
dark enough to hide that you're sure
no one will ever find you
every lover on the way is a saint

arms outstretched to fix you
color you too bright
make the passersby
come a little closer

Standing ready, Standing ready
the weight of it all shifts down
as they ask you to move
Standing ready, Standing ready
in Cement Shoes

A silent wearing out
fear yourself the inevitable crutch
enjoying the attention
as the fabric everybody can touch
feeling something you can too

Then they'll leave you
you know it to be true so you fight
left in dust or tied
'til it's long over

Standing ready, Standing ready
the weight of it all shifts down
as they ask you to move
Standing ready, Standing ready
in Cement Shoes

Look too far ahead
and you'll be missing
all the joy that you had
Coming Out Of Your Shell

credits

from Wash Your Hands Before You Steal My Heart, released September 6, 2017
Steve Cherkassky: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer

Alex Trevino: Electric Bass

Mike Levesque: Drums

Daniel Cantor, Lilliana Villines, S. Cherkassky: Gang Vocals

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