’Hundred Dollar Shoes’ by John Haydock

Written, performed and produced by John Haydock. Brand new tune -For those that like Chris Rea, John Illsley, Leonard Cohen. LYRICS: I was far from the border, lost in you I did what I could, did what I had to do Now I walk these fields in skies of jealous blue And I do what I can In these hundred dollar shoes I wrestled the angel, came up short I was tortured by the ghost who told me what to want I felt desire crawl right up to my side But I knew I couldn’t lose In those hundred dollar shoes There’s nothing to see on the street Except the rest of humanity dying in the heat Wild and unavailable in the star torn night Too far from anywhere, out on the other side But I just can’t lose in these hundred dollar shoes There’s an unspoken rhythm in the day born long Living on the outskirts, almost gone Sometimes I feel like yesterday is a dream of sleep And I don’t know what to do With those hundred dollar shoes I carried the burden, left it at the river Some nights were made to make you shiver The corridors are dark and I don’t know how to pray Soon I’m gonna be on my way As if I could really choose In these hundred dollar shoes There ain’t no bridge here anymore Not since the river had to flood Angels, demons, sinners, saints Say they had to pay in blood But how they could refuse These hundred dollar shoes Like a blind man feels it slip away In a forbidden kiss in a night grown grey It was one too many, but it wasn’t quite enough And I’m not gonna lose In these hundred dollar shoes You say there’s nothing left in this broken town All the Neon lights have flown South Jesus had to get through the devil’s forty nights He did what he had to do to survive And I’ve been loving you baby I don’t know what to do In these hundred dollar shoes Maybe we could kick the blues In these hundred dollar shoes #blues #latenight #originalsong #originalcomposition