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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
 
You would sing along with little tell-tale staggers
There's a merry tune that starts in "I" and ends in "You"
 
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


CHORUS
As you tripped at every step
 
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)
 
You will stumble as you slip
(As you start losing your grip)
 
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 02:30, 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

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

And you would sing along with little tell-tale staggers

While balancing on daggers

Though they were killing you

You looked so deadly

As you tripped at every step

You tripped at every step

You tripped at every step

As you tripped at every step


And I would run 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

(As you start losing your grip)

You will stumble and 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


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