Dead Man’s Shoes

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Dead Man’s Shoes by ‘Les Paul’s’ (The Paul’s) with music by Paul Odiase and lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas from the album Blues Bums.
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Dead Man’s Shoes Lyrics
Like a fish outta water
When all the lakes have run dry
Take this lamb to the slaughter
He’ll go with his head held high

I just can’t turn the other cheek
Is this the justice that you seek?
Sharpen your knife I won’t resist
I’ll close my eyes and I’ll clench my fists
I’ll close my eyes and I’ll clench my fists
Lord, I’ll close my eyes and I’ll clench my fists

Let me see if your hand is steady
Do you really think you’re ready, do you?
To step into dead man’s shoes
To step into dead man’s shoes

You left my head hanging on my neck
Like a bird balancing on a wire
You made me a nervous wreck
As the sky roars and spits fire

So what is there that remains
As I survey the past and wonder?
I know nothing can stay the same
Through all the rain and thunder

It’s all gone down the drain, dear lover
Can you really think of another, can you?
Who’d step into
Tell me, who’d step into
Dead man’s shoes, dead man’s shoes
Who’d step into dead man’s shoes
Dead man’s shoes, dead man’s shoes

Like a three-legged man running in a race
A blind man on a paper chase
You think you’ve got what it takes
But to see where you’re going
You gotta be awake, you gotta be awake

When I’ve gone and am away
All I left you are the blues
And you feel you’ve been betrayed
You search through the box for clues

You just can’t do what I’ve done
You haven’t been where I’ve been
Walked in the dark and the sun
You wonder at what I’ve seen

Let me see if your hand is steady
Do you really think you’re ready, do you?
To step into, to step into
Dead man’s shoes
Dead man’s shoes
Dead man’s shoes
Dead man’s shoes
To step into dead man’s shoes
To step into dead man’s shoes
To step into dead man’s shoes
Lord no, dead man’s shoes
Are you ready to step into dead man’s shoes

When I’ve gone and I’m away
All I left you are the blues
And you feel you’ve been betrayed
You search through the box for clues

You just can’t do what I’ve done
You haven’t been where I’ve been
Walked in the dark and the sun
You wonder at what I’ve seen

Let me see if your hand is steady
Do you really think you’re ready, do you?
To step into dead man’s shoes
To step into dead man’s shoes
To step into dead man’s shoes
To step into dead man’s shoes
To step into dead man’s shoes
To step into dead man’s shoes
To step into dead man’s shoes
To step into dead man’s shoes
Dead man’s shoes
Dead man’s shoes
Dead man’s shoes

Music composed and performed by Paul Odiase BMI No. 1252265 (Switzerland)
Song lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas PRS No. 497904008 (London)
PRS Tunecode 496133AP