Big stretch and not much sleep
I got a couple of plam trees on each side of my cheek
And it's a bright blue Saturday
And the rummage sells the rubbish to me
But if I could buy the sky that's hangin'
Over this bed of mine
If I could climb these vines
And maybe see what you're seein'
If you were standing on the corner staring straight
Into the eyes of Jesus Christ
One porch, one dog, one cockroach only way to be
I got sewage fruit and it's growing out back from roots
I don't know if they belong to me
But if I could buy the sky that's hangin'
Over this bed of mine
And if I could climb these vines
and maybe see what you're seein'
Sittin' at the edge of this building,
Twenty stories below,
A' twenty stories below
Twenty stories below
Twenty stories below
I can't tell you how many ways that I've sat,
And viewed my life today, but I can tell you
I don't think that I can find easier way
So if I see you walking hand in hand in hand
With a three armed man, you know I'll understand
(Pockets full of crappiness
Can't piece together my day
So I pose myself this question
Maybe sleeps gonna get me in the shade
I got my head buried in this pillow
I got my head buried in this pillow
So low)
But you should have been in my shoes yesterday
You should have been in my shoes yesterday
I got a couple of plam trees on each side of my cheek
And it's a bright blue Saturday
And the rummage sells the rubbish to me
But if I could buy the sky that's hangin'
Over this bed of mine
If I could climb these vines
And maybe see what you're seein'
If you were standing on the corner staring straight
Into the eyes of Jesus Christ
One porch, one dog, one cockroach only way to be
I got sewage fruit and it's growing out back from roots
I don't know if they belong to me
But if I could buy the sky that's hangin'
Over this bed of mine
And if I could climb these vines
and maybe see what you're seein'
Sittin' at the edge of this building,
Twenty stories below,
A' twenty stories below
Twenty stories below
Twenty stories below
I can't tell you how many ways that I've sat,
And viewed my life today, but I can tell you
I don't think that I can find easier way
So if I see you walking hand in hand in hand
With a three armed man, you know I'll understand
(Pockets full of crappiness
Can't piece together my day
So I pose myself this question
Maybe sleeps gonna get me in the shade
I got my head buried in this pillow
I got my head buried in this pillow
So low)
But you should have been in my shoes yesterday
You should have been in my shoes yesterday
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St. Andrew's Fall Lyrics as written by Christopher Thorn Brad Smith
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The third arm in the play represents "the discovery and development of genius or talent in an otherwise unremarkable individual."
So, if he sees the the one cares deeply for walking with her new love interest (an otherwise unremarkable person whom she has found remarkable qualities)...he'll understand. It's only recently that he's come to accept the situation...thus "but, you shoulda been in my shoes yesterday".
That means that he is being overgrown with "BS" and he doesnt know if it is coming from him, but it is dug in deep.
I figured Id throw that in too along with the 3 armed girl not being compatible with the one footed man.
And more importantly, he goes from saying shoes to shoe in the last verse....SO:
You have an ex lover walking hand in hand in hand with a 3 armed man....she must have 3 arms too.
But you should have been in my shoe yesterday....He has only one foot.
He is recognizing that his ex love has found a better fit for herself by moving on....and is coming to grips with it and accepting it...
Such great lyrics on all of the Blind Melon albums...we lost alot when Shannon died.
"I can't tell you how many ways that I've sat,
And viewed my life today, but I can tell you
I don't think that I can find easier way
So if I see you walking hand in hand in hand
With a three armed man, you know I'll understand"
I feel the same way. The people I know that have committed suicide...I don't blame them. Sure some may say its selfish, but if you look at it another way..its selfish to want them to stay alive and suffer even more. You would just have to be in their shoes......yesterday. (yesterday = past tense....nothing can be done now)