When I was a young man I busted my jeans hopping a freight down to New Orleans
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Worked on the oil rigs and played in the bars but nothing ever killed me so far
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Now I'm waitin' on the other shoe to fall and right now you're walking out on me
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I can hear your footsteps going down the hall
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And I am waitin' on the other shoe to fall
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[ fiddle ]
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Well I joined the army and I did my time they sent me right up to the front lines
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People were shoutin' and shootin' at me but I had to keep America free
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Now I'm waitin' on the other shoe to fall...
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[ dobro ]
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I've been to California and I've been to New York
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And all in between I had beans on my fork
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Clothes on my back and a song on my mind but I've never met a woman like your kind
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Now I'm waitin' on the other shoe to fall...
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[ fiddle ]
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Well right down the street there's an old boardin' house
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You better be careful bout throwin' me out
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When she hears my footsteps comin' up their stairs she's gonna start combing her hair
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She's a waitin' on the other shoe to fall right now you're walking out on me
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I can hear your footsteps going down the hall
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And she is waitin' on the other shoe to fall
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Waiting On The Other Shoe To Fall
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Tom T. Hall |