One Left Shoe

Steve Poltz One Left Shoe Lyrics
1.Look To The East

If you look to the east
Where the sun never sets
I'll be there at the top
Of the stairs you can bet
So just pick up the phone
Make a call all your own
I'll be there when you say
Your last little prayer
La la la la la la la


2.Good Morning(Waking Up With You)

You hold your head in your hands
And i don't have a way
To climb inside your body
And just hang out and stay
And everybody's asking
When your coming back
And i don't have an answer
So i fade out into black
Who knows how i feel today
I suppose i'll slowly fade away
Fade away
Hmm-mmm

In i walk so slowly
Through broken glass outside
I tread in oh so cautiously
I'm wondrin' where you hide
And i got notes tacked on my wall
And kisses oh so sweet
But all i do is wonder
When again the two shall meet
Who knows how i feel today
I suppose i'll slowly fade away
Fade away
Hmm-mmm

'do you hear me talking to you?
Oh, hello again how do you do?
Good morning i miss waking up'
I said, 'oh, good morning i miss
Waking up with you'
Hmm-mmm

A hundred dollar phone bill
And it's multiplied by five
You look like a phone to me
Hey are you still alive?
Dirty plates and bottles
Well they decorate my floor
And i got lots a so-called friends
Just knockin' on my door
Who knows how i feel today
I suppose i'll slowly fade away
Fade away
Hmm-mmm

'do you hear me talking to you?
Oh, hello again how do you do?
Good morning i miss waking up'
I said, 'oh, good morning i miss
Waking up with you'
Hmm-mmm


3.Krikor's Waltz


4.Silver Lining

Muffin's in the toaster
I got my raspberry jam
My grandpa was a sailor
And he came into this land
And he was looking for gold
A pretty hand to hold
Or some cards to fold
At least that's, what i've been told

Silver lining
Silver lining where'd you go?

I turn on my t.v.
They got talking heads in space
It used to be so easy
To have a little faith
I used to rely on luck
To earn a honest buck
I didn't feel so stuck
I didn't limp around like john kruk

Silver lining
Silver lining where'd you go?

We used to have hope
Now we got soap on a rope
We used to have dreams
Now we got overpaid baseball teams
We got grocery baggers
Graffiti taggers
Golf ball shaggers
Go team go

Silver lining
Silver lining where'd you go?

My landlord knocks upon my door
And she's got that payday face
I swear to god she should be paying me
To live inside this place
It's filled with sharks and fins
With double chins
Who say, 'thicken your skin, child
If you wanna win'

Silver lining
Silver lining where'd you go?

I fix myself some herbal tea
'cause it's healthier they say
But healthier ain't half as fun
I'll take a cold beer anyday
I used to have dysfunctional fun
In the cancerous sun
With my co-dependent hon
Eating greasy, greasy hot dogs on a buttered up bun

Silver lining
Silver lining where'd you go?
Silver lining
Silver lining where'd you go?


5.Forbidden Fruit

She hopped in my car faster than bar time
'honey, would you like a date,' she said
It wasn't even an original line
And my pants they tightened
And my face grew taut
And in my mind my mother said, 'you'd better not'
Then again she always told me
That i wouldn't like the taste of beer
Hmm-mmm
And she slid real close to me
She said i need not fear
I looked like i was caught in headlights
With the eyes of a lonely deer

Forbidden fruit
I'll scale your thorny vine
To reach the top
I'll scrape and twist my spine
Forbidden fruit
Man, what a joyous meal
It tastes so sweet
I'll even eat the peel
If they told me that i shouldn't
Then i would
Man, bad must mean good
Bad, bad, good

She thrust a tape in my cassette deck
She seemed a little eager
I said, 'this sounds just like a t.v. ad'
She said it was bob seger
And the smoke danced loops from a cigarette
And her fingernails were silver like a shiny jet
And her lipstick stained the filter as she twirled it
Like a pink roulette wheel
Hmm-mmm
And would you like a gamble
She said, 'let's go back to my flat
For a extra fifty dollars
I'll make you purr like an atomic cat'

Forbidden fruit
I'll scale your thorny vine
To reach the top
I'll scrape and twist my spine
Forbidden fruit
Man, what a joyous meal
It tastes so sweet
I'll even eat the peel
If they told me that i shouldn't
Then i would
Man, bad must mean good
Bad, bad, good

We sat on her floor
Connected like a human train
I talked on and on about my life
Her interest she just feigned
As she layed me down on a single bed
And the roof dripped rain all around


6.Salvation Song

Neon lights outside my pool hall
Rain is coming down in spoonfulls
Mixes in with tears from my eyes
I've been standing here for hours

Paper bag for my umbrella
Won't you come back to your soggy fella
Watching people passing by me
I got nowhere else to go

And i know you could be miles from me
Just a sailing through these flooded streets
I wash the sin right off my skin
And you will have me back again

Diesel bus fumes got me choking
Police man standing above me poking
Wake up from my sidewalk hilton
I got nowhere else to go

Neon sport coat gets me groovin'
Your long gone daddy is slowly moving
A wrinkled picture in my wallet
I could stare at you for hours

And i know you could be miles from me
Just a sailing through these flooded streets
I wash the sin right off my skin
And you will have me back again

And i'll be floating up to heaven
With dice in my hands rolling sevens
Lost in your arms
And salvation will be ours
Neon lights outside my pool hall
Rain is coming down in spoonfulls
Mixes in with tears from my eyes
I've been standing here for hours


7.Impala


8.One Left Shoe

Tennis shoe strung 'cross the telephone wire
The sun creeps up on my empire
Tin foil castle, bubble gum crown
Me and my minions make the rounds

I'm lonely without you
Just like one left shoe
I'm lonely
Without you

Under the spotlight a neon kiss
Carnival barkers preen and twist
Three for a quarter, one for a dime
This broken heart general store is open all the time

I'm lonely without you
Just like one left shoe
I'm lonely
Without you

I'm a little cocoon just blooming for you
I take a deep breath, the day is new
I'm brave, i'm a hero
The world's bright and clear
But my insides shrivel when you're not here

Newspapers piled on my front porch
The sun's winding up, it's starting to scorch
The air is dust, my lung's are hot
I keep making love to what is not
I'm lonely without you
Just like one left shoe
I'm lonely
Without you


9.I Thought I Saw You Last Night

I'm not easily scared
By things that go bump in the night
There's not many things
That give me a fright
I can walk down a lonely block
And not a lot can make my old knees knock

But, there's one thing that scares me the most
Is when i think i see a ghost and
I thought i saw you last night
I thought i saw you last night

I've been lately thinking
About a ouija board
And maybe contacting
Your soul ceded by the lord
'cause all the shadows on my street
That bring with sounds of shuffling feet

But, there's one thing that scares me the most
Is when i think i see a ghost and
I thought i saw you last night
I thought i saw you last night

Throw salt on my shoulder and knock on wood
Don't step on cracks, but it does no good
I drink a bourbon to calm my nerves
Read an old book and chant some verse
Hold hot coals in the middle of my fist
Take advice from my exorcist
Hallelujah
Hail mary
Holy moley
This is scary

For instance, last night
I went to a scary movie
And i tried real hard
Not to let it get to me
But, i just kept looking over my shoulder
The wind got hands and i got colder

But, there's one thing that scares me the most
Is when i think i see a ghost and
I thought i saw you last night
I thought i saw you last night

I'm not easily scared
By things that go bump in the night


10.Everything About You

I love everything about you
I love the way you comb your hair
And i love the way you sachet in the room
Your perfume lingers in the air
I love everything about you
Whoa, about you
Mmm-mmm

I love the way you lick your lips, dear
You got fireworks in your head
And i love the way you bring me water
When i'm thirsty in your bed
I love everything about you
Whoa, about you
Mmm-mmm

You were surely kissed by angels
Look at the freckles on your face
You got the devil in your eyes
You disappear without a trace

I love sneaking up behind you
When you're looking in the mirror
The way your eyes lock in to mine, dear
Without guilt and without fear
I love everything about you
Whoa, about you
Mmm-mmm


11.Leavin' Again

You can say your comin' back
You can say your leavin'
Wish that you would let me know
So i could stop my grievin'

And if the road come back to haunt me
Am i gone and i do not know
If the sky come back to taunt me
Am i gone and i'm feelin' low
Gone and i'm feelin' low

Don't talk of things that you don't understand
No don't, discuss what you don't know
It never did you any good no how
Don't leave your things
Well you got baggage hanging around
It only makes it hard to walk this town

You can say you're comin' back
You can say you're leavin'
I wish that you would let me know
So i could stop my grievin'

And when the clouds roll back i think of you
The springtime makes me grin
And everytime i turn around
You're leavin' again
You're leavin' again
You're leavin' again
You're leavin' again
Mmm-mmm
You're leavin' again


12.The Great Mystery

What do you see in him?
Is it the same you saw in me?
Is your head alright?
Did you bump into a tree?
Well i can't profess
To see the way you see
Maybe i don't love you
I just love mystery

Have you lost your mind?
That's alright by me
Is it the barstool talking?
Did the whiskey set you free?
I send an s.o.s.
For the whole wide world to see
Maybe i don't love you
I just love mystery

Well, i've played darts
With tender hearts
I've had mine busted too
But your wrecked vision
Has got me wishin'
For glasses not so blue
Just stand inside my shoes
Darling you will see
Maybe i don't love you
I just love mystery

Well did you get my calls?
I left you two or three
Now are you going deaf,
Or just ignoring me?
I left my key at the desk
It's checkout time for me
Maybe i don't love you
I just love mystery

Well, i've played darts
With tender hearts
I've had mine busted too
But your wrecked vision
Has got me wishin'
For glasses not so blue
Just stand inside my shoes
Darling you will see
Maybe i don't love you
I just love mystery

Well, the time has come
To say our last goodbyes
Is that a storm a coming?
I was hoping for blue skies
Well, i must confess
You'll be in my memories
Maybe i don't love you
I just love mystery
Maybe i don't love you
I just love mystery


13.Broken Hearts And Painted Nails

Broken hearts are not so bad
Look at me, hey, i've been had
A broken heart's what i have tonight

Painted nails will rip your shirt
Will make you scream, hey, make you hurt
Broken hearts and painted nails tonight

Rusty keys and old motels
Nothing new, hey, no thrills
Rusty keys and old motels tonight

And staring at the phone, hoping it'll ring
Friday night, yeah, no big thing
I'm staring at the phone in my old motel tonight

I could just watch you seriously
Like a science project curiously
All alone i am the walking dead
Would you soothe my aching head?
C'mon, soothe my aching head

Telegrams and old love letters
I got your scent on all my sweaters
Telegrams and clothes that smell like you tonight

'cause broken hearts are not so bad
Look at me, hey, i've been had
A broken heart's what i have tonight
Yeah, a broken heart's not so bad tonight


14.Kicking Distance

Well there's wine on the page
And my heart's enraged
And i must call the cops on myself
And my bony hands
Probe the bed for your body
But i'm left once again on the shelf
Well i tried to be patient
And i tried to be cool
And i took acting classes
But i wound up a fool
Your belongings are outside the door
Hanging up in a stocking

'cause i am within kicking distance of your heart
Oh yeah, kicking distance of your heart
Well i am within kicking distance of your heart
And i must warn others
Others from you
Others from you
Others from you

What started so simple
Has turned into a pimple
Unsightly and sore to the touch
The peace in my mind
Has been so hard to come by
And you become more of a crutch
You're prolific in bed
And you're always so cool
But i'm like brian jones
Left to sleep in the pool
Only to be discovered by some dirty
Construction workers

'cause i am within kicking distance of your heart
Oh yeah, kicking distance of your heart
Well i am within kicking distance of your heart
And i must warn others
Others from you
Others from you
Others from you

Well the wine is all spilt
In the house that we built
And the cops never come when i call
Well your prodigal son
Has gone south for awhile
And maybe i'll see you next fall
You're annoying and comforting
All in the same
Well what once was so precious
Has now become lame
The coyotes are outside your door
And they're serving your papers
'cause i am within kicking distance of your heart
Oh yeah, kicking distance of your heart
Well i am within kicking distance of your heart
And i must warn others
Others from you
Others from you
Others from you


15.Beautiful Day

If you wanna complain
Call somebody else
But if you want some champagne
Take me off of your shelf

Uncork your mind
'cause it could be so fine
When it's a beautiful day

If you want to behave
Like a ten year old
That's okay by me
Sometimes you gotta be bold

Uncork your mind
'cause it could be so fine
When it's a beautiful day

We could steppin' out today
Alright, okay, okay, alright, okay, alright
Until there's no one left
If you come back
And it's a beautiful day

If you wanna stay in
When it's sunny outside
I'll be your sandy beach
I'll be your personal tide

Uncork your mind
'cause it could be so fine
When it's a beautiful day