Jack Carty Travelling Shoes lyrics

Well I met Mother Nature's daughter
She turned my wine back into water
And she lived with me in Sydney, New South Wales.
And from our home I started straying
First from cities into farmlands
and then from Perth up to Toronto on a plane.

Singing all the way.

I do
Wear travelling shoes
I've worn them all my days.
Though we're leavin' in the morning
I want you to want me to stay.

And when the distance tore to pieces
All the ribbons that had bound us
I started drinkin like tomorrow wouldn't come.
And she tried her best to reach me
She cried up and down the phone lines
And I found other girls and smoke to make me numb.

Oh what drives me to run?

I do
Wear travelling shoes
I've worn them all my days.

Though we're leavin' in the morning
I want you to want me to stay.

Ten thousand miles in only twenty four hours
And a book bout the games that we play.
Back home she's sleeping
Weaving herself into some other guy's brain...

Well I heard she bought a ticket
And she's headin' off to Europe
And I'm still drinkin' like a mick on Paddy's Day.
Wishin' I had only answered
When she was callin' out to find me
And I'd walk her to the alter and I'd say,

I do, Mrs. Travelling shoes
I'll love you all my days.
Though we're leavin in the mornin'
And every mornin after
We'll wake up in exactly the same place.

Cause home is where the heart is
and I want you to want me to stay.