American Shoes

You said I'll come back, I'll come back for you my love, wait for me You said you're the only, You've been the only one I love, and love believes But love is a bird that you kept in your coat Warm until it died in the dark And death is the love of what hurts you the most So you drink your day away till you're warm as paradise I'm not hurt I'm broken, But I called to say I'm fine And I heard you had another love, But I'd love you to think I don't mind The baby in your arms ain't mine, But I made believe as though it was And I didn't mean to call this late but I think I'm in love With the thought of us So you drink your day away till the liquor in your mouth laughs, And mirrors paint you beautiful like older photographs, But we grow, we grow old, Even this won't last No one understands, no one cares at all And they're tearing down our sacred places in the hall You know I hate to dance, Still you ask, still you ask for my hand I love you like the kids love throwing bottles of the bridge And breaking in to trade your fix for American shoes For American shoes, I've been dying to lie awake In a room for two, but I'll come back, I'll come back for you my love But love is a bird that you kept in your coat Warm until it died in the dark And death is the love of what hurts you the most So you drink your day away till you're warm as paradise I'm not hurt I'm broken, But I called to say I'm fine And I heard you had another love, But I'd love you to think I don't mind The baby in your arms ain't mine, But I made believe as though it was And I didn't mean to call this late but I think I'm in love With the thought of us And I love you like the kids love throwing bottles of the bridge And breaking in to trade your fix for American shoes For American shoes, I've been dying to lie awake In a room for two And I'll come back, I'll come back for you my love