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Boots Or Hearts Lyrics
Well I think that there's a problem here
her voice just don't sound right
left a message on the 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
it really falls apart
like boots or hearts, oh when they start
they really fall apart
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
everyone in town now, they probably all agree
I'm lying in the bed I made
now you won't even let me talk to you
we got some air to clear
we'd probably only agree on one thing anyway
that's what the hell is happening here?
finger and toes, fingers and toes
forty things we share
forty-one if you include
the fact that we don't care
her voice just don't sound right
left a message on the 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
it really falls apart
like boots or hearts, oh when they start
they really fall apart
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
everyone in town now, they probably all agree
I'm lying in the bed I made
we got some air to clear
we'd probably only agree on one thing anyway
that's what the hell is happening here?
finger and toes, fingers and toes
forty things we share
forty-one if you include
the fact that we don't care
Song Info
Submitted by
black_cow_of_death On Jan 26, 2002
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Wow. This is another sweet (or should I say bitter) breakup song. I would go on explaining this song, but I think it's pretty obvious. Two lovers are growing apart, and they're starting to get confused about why they don't agree on anything anymore.
@ProudesterMonkey still rocks after all these years...even in Franklin County NY ✌🏼
@ProudesterMonkey still rocks after all these years...even in Franklin County NY ✌🏼
A bitter breakup song...and it's one of the better ones I've heard. These guys can write the tunes and they make it sound like a country song. They rock out!
@OpinionHead fantastic song ✌🏼
@OpinionHead fantastic song ✌🏼
I agree, and i love the comparison of it "falling apart" to "boots or hearts", haha it's so clever and true!
@Daryl24 such good stuff...who’s the cobbler of our hearts? ✌🏼
@Daryl24 such good stuff...who’s the cobbler of our hearts? ✌🏼
i don't think this song is bitter at all. i think it's about a sexual relationship that he tried to make into something more.
@fiiish when we change ‘em we change ‘em ✌🏼
@fiiish when we change ‘em we change ‘em ✌🏼
fiiiiiiishy-
"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.
@ProudesterMonkey block party! “Got a paid permit and a police escort” - Bob Dylan
@ProudesterMonkey block party! “Got a paid permit and a police escort” - Bob Dylan
Sweet song, I love the comparison to run down boots.
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.
@Jesse24 boots or hearts just go where they go - one leads while the other is told - both effected by crimes of passion ✌🏼
@Jesse24 boots or hearts just go where they go - one leads while the other is told - both effected by crimes of passion ✌🏼