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Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes
Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes
Or there is going to be a terrible scene
Or there is going to be a terrible scene
It's not just the lipstick drawn on crooked
It's not just the lipstick drawn on crooked
When they find how wicked we are
When they find how wicked we are
How wicked we have been
How wicked we have been
How I've been tempted
How I've been tempted


CHORUS:
How you tripped at every step
How you tripped at every step
 
You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
 
You tripped at every step
 
How you tripped at every step
How you tripped at every step


 
There's a merry tune that starts in "I"
 
And ends in "You," like many famous pop songs do
There's a merry tune that starts in "I" and ends in "You"
You would sing along with little tell-tale staggers
 
Like many famous pop songs do
 
And you would sing along with little tell-tale staggers
 
While balancing on daggers
While balancing on daggers
Though they were killing you
Though they were killing you
You looked so deadly
You looked so deadly


As you tripped at every step
CHORUS
 
You tripped at every step
 
You tripped at every step
 
As you tripped at every step
 
 
 
And I would run to catch you


And I would try to catch you
Anytime you call
Anytime you call
Only you drank that potion
Only you drank that potion
And went out of control
And went out of control
There's nothing to stop you
There's nothing to stop you
 
So how can you fall?
So how can you fall
 
Let me take your hand
Let me take your hand
Put down that frying pan
Put down that frying pan


 
Darkness would become me underneath the table
 
Darkness would become me
 
Underneath the table
 
As the fury raged around the house
As the fury raged around the house
Your despairing tread was angry and unstable
Your despairing tread was angry and unstable
You never suspected
You never suspected
Just as that cartoon mouse
Just as that cartoon mouse
Went undetected
Went undetected


So you tripped at every step
So you tripped at every step


In another world of gin and cigarettes
In another world of gin and cigarettes
Those cocktail cabinets put mud in your eye
Those cocktail cabinets put mud in your eye
Maybe that is why you find it hard to see me
Maybe that is why you find it hard to see me
And if you don't believe me
And if you don't believe me
Before you start to cry
Before you start to cry
"Don't ever leave me"
"Don't ever leave me"


As you start to lose your grip
As you start to lose your grip
 
(Once you start losing your grip)
(As you start losing your grip)
You will stumble as you slip
 
You will stumble and you slip
 
(And you will stumble and slip)
(And you will stumble and slip)
As you tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
You tripped at every step
As you tripped at every step
As you tripped at every step
 
You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step
 
 
You tripped at every step
 
You tripped at every step
 
As you tripped at every
 
As you tripped at every
 
You tripped at every step
 
You tripped at every step
 
As you tripped at every
 
As you tripped at every step
As you tripped at every step

Revision as of 02:29, 27 April 2009

Take your tiny feet out of your mother's shoes Or there is going to be a terrible scene It's not just the lipstick drawn on crooked When they find how wicked we are How wicked we have been How I've been tempted

CHORUS: How you tripped at every step You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step How you tripped at every step

There's a merry tune that starts in "I" And ends in "You," like many famous pop songs do You would sing along with little tell-tale staggers While balancing on daggers Though they were killing you You looked so deadly

CHORUS

And I would try to catch you Anytime you call Only you drank that potion And went out of control There's nothing to stop you So how can you fall? Let me take your hand Put down that frying pan

Darkness would become me underneath the table As the fury raged around the house Your despairing tread was angry and unstable You never suspected Just as that cartoon mouse Went undetected

So you tripped at every step

In another world of gin and cigarettes Those cocktail cabinets put mud in your eye Maybe that is why you find it hard to see me And if you don't believe me Before you start to cry "Don't ever leave me"

As you start to lose your grip (Once you start losing your grip) You will stumble as you slip (And you will stumble and slip) As you tripped at every step You tripped at every step, you tripped at every step As you tripped at every step