The Other Shoe Lyrics - Alive & Wired - Old 97's

One old brown shoe falls in slow motion 

And the bedsprings hover right above your head 

As bed springs do, when you're beneath them 

Someone else just climbed into your bed 

By the time she thought you'd probably got to Phoenix 

She'd arranged for your shoes to be filled 

Well, you've got your pride and a blue-steel '45 

Waited for the other shoe to fall 

And you waited for the other shoe to fall 

Dig a double grave out in the meadow 

And you'll curse the rain that turns the dirt to mud 

You'll take 35 south towards Laredo 

And you'll try to find a doctor that'll prescribe an elixir 

That'll make everything better except your late wife and her lover 

By the time she thought you'd probably got to Phoenix 

She'd sealed her fate and gotten herself killed 

You've got your pride and a blue-steel '45 

Waited for the other shoe to fall 

And you waited for the other shoe to fall 

And you waited for the other shoe to fall