The Other Shoe - 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

And you’re waiting for the other shoe to fall

You’ll dig a double grave out in the meadow

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

You’ll take I-35 south towards Laredo

Then you’ll try to find a doctor who can 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

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

And you’re waiting for the other shoe to fall