Lyrics to
Those Shoes

This version of Those Shoes was released by Eagles in 1979.

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Tell us what you’re gonna do tonight, mama.
There must be someplace you can go
In the middle of the tall drinks and the drama,
there must be someone you know.

God knows, you’re lookin’ good enough,
but you’re so smooth and the world’s so rough.
You might have somethin’ to loose.
Oh, no, pretty mama, what you gonna
do in those shoes?

Got those pretty little straps around your ankles
Got those shiny little chains around your heart.
You go to have your independence
but you don’t know just where to start.

Desperation in the singles bars
an’ all those jerkoffs in their fancy cars.
you can’t believe your reviews.

Oh, no, you can’t do that,
once you started wearin’ those shoes

They’re lookin’ at you, leanin’ on you
Tell you anything you want to hear
They give you tablets of love
They’re waiting for you
got to score you
handy with a shovel and so sincere
Ooh, they got the kid glove

You just want someone to talk to
They just wanna get their hands on you
You get whatever you choose
Oh, no, you can’t do that,
Once you started wearin’ those shoes.

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About Lyrics and Those Shoes by Eagles

When you decide to study the lyrics to Those Shoes, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Eagles. Some of the lyrics to Those Shoes have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Eagles and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Those Shoes if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Those Shoes" means the words set to the music of Those Shoes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eagles. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Those Shoes and the lyrics to Those Shoes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eagles who came here looking just for the lyrics to Those Shoes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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