Well, I think that there's a problem here
Her voice just don't sound right
Left myself on her answering machine
Said, "I'm back in town tonight"
I feel I've stepped out of the wilderness
All squint-eyed and confused
But even babies raised by wolves
They know exactly when they've been used
See, when it starts to fall apart
Man, it really falls apart
Like boots or hearts, oh, when they start
They really fall apart
Ooh, fingers and toes, fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Forty one if you include
The fact that we don't care
Now you've blocked off most of Main Street
For your faith parade
Well, everyone in town, now, they probably all agree
I'm lying in the bed I made
See, when it starts to fall apart
Man, it really falls apart
Like boots or hearts, oh, when they start
They really fall apart, well, fall apart
Well, you won't even let me talk to you
We got some air to clear
Well we'd probably only agree on one thing anyway
That's what the hell is happening here?
Oh, fingers and toes, fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Oh, forty one if you include
The fact that we don't care
See when it starts to fall apart
Man, it really falls apart
Like boots or hearts, oh, when they start
They really fall apart, well, fall apart
Her voice just don't sound right
Left myself on her answering machine
Said, "I'm back in town tonight"
I feel I've stepped out of the wilderness
All squint-eyed and confused
But even babies raised by wolves
They know exactly when they've been used
See, when it starts to fall apart
Man, it really falls apart
Like boots or hearts, oh, when they start
They really fall apart
Ooh, fingers and toes, fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Forty one if you include
The fact that we don't care
Now you've blocked off most of Main Street
For your faith parade
Well, everyone in town, now, they probably all agree
I'm lying in the bed I made
See, when it starts to fall apart
Man, it really falls apart
Like boots or hearts, oh, when they start
They really fall apart, well, fall apart
Well, you won't even let me talk to you
We got some air to clear
Well we'd probably only agree on one thing anyway
That's what the hell is happening here?
Oh, fingers and toes, fingers and toes
Forty things we share
Oh, forty one if you include
The fact that we don't care
See when it starts to fall apart
Man, it really falls apart
Like boots or hearts, oh, when they start
They really fall apart, well, fall apart
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Boots Or Hearts Lyrics as written by Gordon Sinclair Gordon Downie
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i think it's about a sexual relationship that he tried to make into something more.
"but even babies raised by wolves
they know exactly when they've been used"
You don't think anyone who knows they've been used is bitter?
"now you've blocked off most of main street
for your faith parade"
Seems a little bitter at how self-centered this person is.
Like stated above, basically about what happens when a relationship is based only around sex. I guess it's kind of bitter, not in the sense that his heart is broken or anything... he's just realizing it was what it was, and is almost amused about how silly their relationship was.