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Travelling Shoes

by Jack Carty

on Break Your Own Heart (2012)

Well I met Mother Nature's daughter
She turned my wine back into water
And she lived with me in Sydney, New South Wales
And from our home I started straying
First from cities into farmlands
And then from Perth up to Toronto on a plane
Singing all the way
I do
Wear travelling shoes
I've worn them all my days
Though we're leavin' in the morning
I want you to want me to stay
And when the distance tore to pieces
All the ribbons that had bound us
I started drinkin like tomorrow wouldn't come
And she tried her best to reach me
She cried up and down the phone lines
And I found other girls and smoke to make me numb
Oh what drives me to run?
I do
Wear travelling shoes
I've worn them all my days
Though we're leavin' in the morning
I want you to want me to stay
Ten thousand miles in only twenty four hours
And a book bout the games that we play
Back home she's sleeping
Weaving herself into some other guy's brain...
Well I heard she bought a ticket
And she's headin' off to Europe
And I'm still drinkin' like a mick on Paddy's Day
Wishin' I had only answered
When she was callin' out to find me
And I'd walk her to the alter and I'd say
I do, Mrs. Travelling shoes
I'll love you all my days
Though we're leavin in the mornin'
And every mornin after
We'll wake up in exactly the same place
Cause home is where the heart is
And I want you to want me to stay