High Heel Shoes Lyrics - Singles - Christine Lavin

I'm getting dizzy way up here I haven't been this high in years 

Oh, whatever possessed me to 

Blow eighty dollars on these high heel shoes 

Looks like a pump, feels like a sneaker? 

Do they think we're idiots? But I bought 'em 

Now I'm standing in a subway car 

I ride because I cannot walk far 

I couldn't find an empty cab on the street 

They were filled with high-heeled women with non-functioning feet 

Twenty-six years ago I dreamed of wearing shoes like these 

Oh, the warped mind of the preteen with her strange priorities 

But this is a nightmare 

Of unsteady ankles, hands waving in the air 

But the looks my legs 

Are getting from that man across the aisle 

Almost make the pain and misery 

And doctor bills worthwhile 

If by chance you happen to meet 

This wobbly woman walking down your street 

The click of high heels on concrete 

Is not the thrill of victory, it's the agony of defeat 

Oh! Look at me everybody I learned this from Paula Abdul 

Oh, take pity on my vanity, maybe question my sanity 

Why I wear these uncomfortable things? Heaven knows 

Which make me wonder about these pierced earrings 

And my pantyhose, my control top 

Ooh, I can see you don't want me to sing about pantyhose 

You'd rather I go back to tap dancing 

Like my close personal friend Paula Abdul 

Who, like me, was a geek back in high school 

Oh, I'm sorry, but that's not what this song is about 

At least it wasn't when it started out 

I pray this subway ride never ends 

So I will never never have to walk again 

In high heels, it's a different atmosphere 

In high heels, I can see your house from here 

In high heels, high heels