The Boy Who Strapped on Lavender Shoes

from The Omnipresent No by Bill White

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Might as well put your life back on the shelf
Because nobody digs your music but yourself
You laid it on the line but they refused
The boy who clicked the ruby slippers And strapped on lavender shoes

His eyes were like two pinwheels in the dark
He couldn’t see the door and yet he never missed his mark
Many ships set sail but only some get through
On one foot ruby slippers on the other just a shoe

He was sleeping in an orchard when the bells of Luna rang
He had written fifty verses for every verse he sang
On one long distant summer he cut the blue notes from the blues
Because its so much more than dancing when youre wearing lavender shoes

Too old to get a job now and theres no more trains to rob
Oh my god my god another boy done gone done gone done gone

The man who fell to Earth found nothing but a grave
The man who walked on water is out there trying to catch a wave
We were lucky to be born although we were born to lose
Life alone is every dream you ever had come true

So now the time has come to put your life back on the shelf
Because nobody digs your music but yourself
You laid it on the line but they refused
The boy who clicked the ruby slippers And strapped on lavender shoes

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from The Omnipresent No, released November 18, 2017

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