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One Shiny Boot

from Learner's Permit by Car Alarm Party

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lyrics

Ha ha ha the joke was on you,
the bucket wasn't full when they tested my shoe,
and now I'm on my way down I'm on my way...
No more kicks from the mountain g's,
no more buzzes from the sugar bees,
and I'm cut off, yup yup yup, I'm cut off.

Did you see that room on fire?
Did you see I joined the choir?
Did you smell my joie de vivre?
Did you taste my crooked pelt?
Is it based on what you felt?
Sorry I'm not sensitive about me.

A one way ticket around the bend
where I'll never need to fly again.
Where's the flaw in that design?
No more quarters in the wishing well,
they don't take change at the bank in hell.
If it's not yours then when was it ever mine?

One shiny boot,
pushing up the roots,
kicking off the game I never get to play.
One lonely foot,
turning into soot,
and I can't run with just one boot.

Isn't it lovely of my friends
tying up my fraying loose ends,
making it so you can't see the wired frame?
Should have done better by my wife.
Now she's stuck with the other guy.
Now she's got another reason to blame.

Should have stuck with my crooked crutch.
God told one bad joke too much.
Now I'm laughing all the way to church.
Should have tried my hand at bridge,
instead of drinking off that ridge,
but I don't ever like to leave my perch.

One shiny boot,
pushing up the roots,
kicking off the game that I never get to play.
Up against a wall,
playing tethered ball,
and I can't run with just one boot.

It's raining, it's pouring, my whole life is boring, because of you.

Next time I won't be oppressed,
wonder bout the way I dressed,
everybody's doing what comes naturally.
Next time I won't stop to walk,
may forget we had this talk,
truth is we don't think in truths, not factually.

One shiny boot
pushing up the roots,
kicking off the game I never get to play.
One lonely guy,
he's not stuck on the why,
he says "I can't run with just one boot."

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from Learner's Permit, released June 26, 2015

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Car Alarm Party Vancouver, British Columbia

CAR ALARM PARTY sings the melodies of the people lost in the gap between the trendy and the uninterested. A rock four piece based out of East Vancouver, with the raw will of a do-it-yourself attitude, years of performance experience, and an evocative charm, these four oddballs mix punk, rockabilly, folk, and raucous pop with their great gift for storytelling. ... more

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