Be Back Soon (New Pair of Shoes)

You got a new pair of shoes With the dollar spit-shine But I still know it's you You left your fingerprints Here by the door Thinking that you'd be back soon Walking sideways drunk in the rain Stumbling on home at noon Playing rusty harmonicas drinking cheap whiskey on ice Reading old postcards from home Caught with one foot off the merry-go-round But the other one is in the clouds You got a new pair of shoes With the dollar spit-shine But I still know it's you You left your fingerprints Here by the door Thinking that you'd be back soon Drinking tin-can coffee out of paper cups Just waiting for lightning to strike Peddling gum-drop poison for the kids Fading away inch by inch Caught with one foot off the merry-go-round And the merry-go-round goes round, and round, and round You got a new pair of shoes With the dollar spit-shine But I still know it's you