Ballad of the Boy In the Red Shoes

I'm stoned in the twilight, screamin' on the inside

Gimme your water, help me survive

Gonna miss the sunlight when I lose my eyesight

Gimme my red shoes, I wanna dance (Gotta dance)

They search for an answer, but that old man wouldn't listen

Back then I was handsome, back then he was ignorant, and

Shave off the years now, it's all inside my head

The boy in the red shoes is dancin' by my bed

Put them in a box somewhere, put them in a drawer

Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymore

Had garlands in the wings back then, all the pretty little things back then

Callin' out my name, oh, what fame brings

After curtain calls and bows, I can't see the front row now

Hand me my red shoes just one more time

They pushed aside our presence, they refused to go the distance

Back then I was Sigmund, back then he wouldn't listen, and

Shave off the years now, it's all inside my head

The boy in the red shoes is dancin' by my bed

Put them in a box somewhere, put them in a drawer

Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymore

They pushed aside our presence, they refused to go the distance

Back then I was Sigmund, back then he wouldn't listen

Back then I was handsome, back then he was ignorant, and

Shave off the years now, it's all inside my head

The boy in the red shoes is dancing by my bed

Put them in a box somewhere, put them in a drawer

Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymore

Put them in a box somewhere, put them in a drawer

Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymore

(Take my red shoes) I can't wear them anymore

(Take my red shoes) I can't wear them anymore