(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Lyrics

Lyric discussion by lethological 

Cover art for (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes lyrics by Elvis Costello

this song is OBV about suicide. "And I won't get any older, now the angels wanna wear my red shoes." this woman left him ("she said drop dead and left with another guy") and he doesn't want to live anymore because the angels that "want to wear his red shoes" have tempted him with death.