Sensible Shoes
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Sensible Shoes
Now, Harvey was a bird, was a
He liked a tea cozy
Top of his kettle of tea
Above the bakery he lived all alone, and he
Tuned up his old violin
Now, Harvey was a dental hy-
Dental hygenist, he
Flossed with the best of the bunch
Went to the diner for lunch; had a salad and
Strolled out on Bradley and Main
He dreamed about a girl
Who’d bring light into his world
She’d be small and sweet, and not eat meat
And like him, she’d wear upon her feet:
Sensible shoes, sensible shoes, sensible
Sensible, sensible shoes
He always thought he had something to lose,
He wore sensible, sensible shoes
Now, Marla was a stone cutter
A mighty cutter of stone
Cut at the top of the breed
And every Saturday she’d go to the shore,
And she’d tune up her old Chevy Van
She’d walk up on the beam, in her
Big leather boots, and she’d
Whistle at the men who passed by
When none looked her in the eye, she would sigh and then
March to the diner for lunch
She thought she sought a man
Brawny back and giant hands
He would snore and swear, and though he’d shoot square
There is no way he would ever wear:
Sensible shoes, sensible shoes, sensible
Sensible, sensible shoes
They would not go with his beard and tattoos, not those
Sensible, sensible shoes
Maybe it was something in the coffee
Maybe in the blueberry pie
But when they both reached the counter, it
She thought he, he just, it was like, and they
Felt their hearts were fly...ing!
Now Harvey is a stone cleaner
After she cuts ‘em he
Polishes above and between
He keeps those big blocks so clean, he is Marla’s pride
Up on the high beam, up on, working side by side
Together up by the sky, happy groom and bride
High over Bradley and Main.
Sensible shoes, sensible shoes, sensible
Sensible, sensible shoes
They would not go with his beard and tattoos, not those
Sensible, sensible shoes
Sensible shoes, sensible shoes, sensible
Sensible, sensible shoes
You think you know what you need
But when it comes time to choose
You’ll lose your sensible, sensible shoes