Tom Waits Red Shoes lyrics

She wore red shoes by the news stand
As the rain splashed the nickel
Spilled like Chablis
All along the midway
There's a little blue jay

Her red shoes, on a sad night
One straw in a root beer
A compact with a cracked mirror
And a bottle of Evening In Paris perfume
[Incomprehensible]

He told her to wait by the magazines
He told her to wait by the magazines

Bring a raincoat, bring a suitcase
And bring your dark eyes
Wear those red shoes, red shoes
Red shoes, red shoes, red shoes, red shoes
Red shoes, red shoes, red shoes

Now there's a dark huddle at the bus stop
Umbrellas arranged in a sad bouquet
Cesar got caught

Oh 'lil Cesar got caught
Going down to second
Oh 'lil Cesar got caught
Goin' down to second

He was cooled
Changing stations on the chamber
To steal a diamond ring
From a jewelry store, for his baby
He loved the way she looked
In red shoes

Oh he loved the way she looked
In red shoes
He loved the way she looked
In red shoes
Red shoes, red shoes


You gotta meet me tonight
By the drugstore baby
Meet me tonight
By the drugstore baby

Goin' down tonight
Goin' down tonight, put on the red shoes
We're goin' down tonight, put on the red shoes
We are goin' down tonight, put on the red shoes
Red shoes, red shoes, red shoes, red shoes
Red shoes

And the hounds splash
Down the nickle, full of soldiers
Now Santa Claus is drunk in the ski room
And it's Christmas Eve in a sad cafe

When the moon gets this way
There's a little blue jay
By the news stand
Wearin' red shoes
She wore the red shoes

You gotta meet me tonight
By the drugstore baby
Meet me tonight by the drugstore, baby
We're goin' out tonight

Put on the red shoes
Put on the red shoes
Put on the red shoes
Put on the red shoes
Put on the red shoes

Red shoes
Red shoes
Red shoes
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