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[4/4, steady rock beat]
ALL ABOUT THE SHOES (2014)
--J. Wrabek
1.
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They fought the battle of Gettysburg in eighteen sixty-three;
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The Confederate army was half-starvin’, they had rags upon their feet;
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Headed north to Pennsylvania, where they make the real good shoes;
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Could’ve had jobs for ev’rybody, if the Union troops had only let them through…
D
I thought you knew…
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Gettysburg was all about the shoes.
2.
When they murdered Julius Caesar, it was all about the shoes;
They said they were saving the country, but that was just an excuse;
He looked like a king in those sandal things, but he had the only pair;
Just look at the photographs—everybody else’s feet are bare…
So there’s your proof…
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Caesar’s death was all about the shoes;
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Yes, it’s all about the shoes.
3.
They stormed the Bastille in Paris—you’ve heard about that, too;
Chopped off the head of Marie Antoinette—they really wanted her shoes;
Gave all her dresses to a museum, you can look at them for free,
But ev’ry peasant girl in France was wearing brand new shoes upon her feet
For a year or two…
The revolution was all about the shoes;
Yes, it’s all about the shoes.
4.
Dorothy left her home in Kansas, looking for something new;
Landed in a foreign country, with a brand new pair of shoes;
Crushed one lady, drowned another—they wrote a book about her—
Then she said to her little friends, “I’ve got these shoes, now I can go home again…
Don’t have to hang with that wizard in his balloon…
Emancipation’s all about the shoes;
Yes, it’s all about the shoes.
5.
Now we’ve had a government shutdown, didn’t know what to do;
Congress dithered, hither and thither, acting real confused;
Can’t you see their feet are hurtin’, the way they stand and moan?
Why don’t we buy ‘em all new shoes, and send them walking home
Like me and you…
Good government is all about the shoes;
Yes, it’s all about the shoes;
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It’s all about the shoes.
© 2014 J. Wrabek dba Outside Services Ltd. All the usual rights reserved just in case. No shoes were harmed in the writing of this song.
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