Old Shoes Lyrics by Tom Waits

(from the album The Early Years, Vol. 2)

Old Shoes Lyrics

I'm singing this song, it's time it was sung
I've been putting it off for a while,
But it's harder by now, 'cause the truth is so clear
That I cry when I'm seeing you smile.
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.

Every time that I tried to tell
That we'd lost the magic we had at the start,
I would weep my heart when I looked in your eyes
And I searched once again for the spark.
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.

I can see by your eyes, it's time now to go
So I'll leave you to cry in the rain,
Though I held in my hand, the key to all joy
Honey my heart was not born to be tamed.
So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.

So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear
And your tears cannot bind me anymore,
And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone,
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone,
Can I kiss you, and then I'll be gone.

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Other Lyrics from The Early Years, Vol. 2

1. Blue Skies Lyrics
2. Grapefruit Moon Lyrics
3. I Want You Lyrics
4. In Between Love Lyrics
5. So It Goes Lyrics

Other Tom Waits Albums

• One From The Heart (Soundtrack) Lyrics
• Blue Valentine Lyrics
• Closing Time Lyrics
• The Heart Of Saturday Night Lyrics
• Nighthawks At The Diner Lyrics
• Foreign Affairs Lyrics
• Small Change Lyrics
• Heartattack And Vine Lyrics
• Swordfishtrombones Lyrics
• Rain Dogs Lyrics
• Franks Wild Years Lyrics
• Big Time Lyrics
• The Early Years, Vol. 1 Lyrics
• Bone Machine Lyrics
• Night On Earth (Soundtrack) Lyrics
• The Black Rider Lyrics
• Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years Lyrics
• Mule Variations Lyrics
• Used Songs (1973-1980) Lyrics
• Blood Money Lyrics
• Alice (The Original Demos) Lyrics
• Orphans Lyrics

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