Lyrics Shoes Without Heels (Red Bus Demo) - Elvis Costello

This love of mine is like a stepping stone
These shoes are made for walking in reverse
At the dead of night you tiptoe out
And leave me all alone
Putting on your satin slip-ons and your sultry French cologne

She's wearing shoes without heels
She's walking over the floor
She's walking all over me from here to there
And you know how it feels
When she walks right out of the door

Well I thought that I was bigger than this town
I thought I'd stand the pace and go the distance
But she picked me out, she used me up and then she put me down
And now I'm driven 'til I'm crying or I drink until I drown

She's wearing shoes without heels
She's walking over the floor
She's walking all over me from here to there
And you know how it feels
When she walks right out of the door

While you're busy banking underwear and other useless trinkets
Spare a thought for wretched men who
Drag on women like their cigarettes
'Cause he'll watch you walk away from
Him while he gets down on his knees
And he'll watch you walk away without heels

Well you think that he's a fool to tolerate
All the liberty you cherish and you roughly take
But to watch your love turn slowly from indifference into hate
Would hurt him more than any heart that you might care to break

She's wearing shoes without heels
She's walking over the floor
She's walking all over you but when she's finished
I know what I'll do
When she walks right back through the door