[Hook: Fast-talking wisecracking male MC, wisecracking, fast] Leave the shoe where it landed, keep it moving One sock squeaking on the hardwood, grooving Kick it off, kick it off, let it fly to the punch Leave the shoe where it landed, we can fish it out at lunch [Verse 1: Fast-talking wisecracking male MC, wisecracking, quick] Homecoming night, crepe paper on the hoop Teachers by the wall in a chaperone group Speakers start knocking with the bed squeak sound Bed squeak hits and I'm the first one down I'm kicking out the triple and I'm feeling myself Then my left white sneaker leaves my foot by itself Flies past the chaperones, flies past the hoop Lands in the punch bowl with a splash and a whoop Red punch dripping off the chemistry teacher Whole gym staring like I'm the main feature I could run to the bathroom, I could call for a ride But the beat's still squeaking and I got my pride [Hook: Fast-talking wisecracking male MC, wisecracking, fast] Leave the shoe where it landed, keep it moving One sock squeaking on the hardwood, grooving Kick it off, kick it off, let it fly to the punch Leave the shoe where it landed, we can fish it out at lunch [Verse 2: Fast-talking wisecracking male MC, wisecracking, faster] So I dance on one sock and the sock squeaks back Lands right on the kick like it's part of the plan, Jack Girl from my bio class kicks hers off too Throws it at the bowl, now the punch got two Then the linemen, the band kids, the chess club crew Forty sneakers in the punch, it's a sneaker stew Teachers on the wall start tapping one heel Chemistry teacher kicks a loafer in, for real Now the floor's all socks and the socks all squeak Like a mattress factory having a very good week Coach is on his phone filming every kid Chaperones in one shoe like the rest of us did [Bridge: Fast-talking wisecracking male MC, sock-squeak answer, bed squeak answering each line] Squeak to the left and the bed squeak answers Squeak to the right, now the gym's full of dancers Squeak with a spin and it squeaks it again Four hundred socks on the hardwood, ten out of ten [Verse 3: Fast-talking wisecracking male MC, wisecracking, victory lap] Monday morning there's a notice on the doors One-shoe dancing banned on the gymnasium floors So we did it in the hallway, did it in the lot Kids in the next town doing it, now it's hot Got a name now, they call it the Leave the Shoe Grandmas at the wedding doing it too And my sneaker from the bowl, they put it in a case Trophy shelf, punch-stained, with my name on the base [Final Hook: Fast-talking wisecracking male MC, wisecracking, fast] Leave the shoe where it landed, keep it moving One sock squeaking on the hardwood, grooving Kick it off, kick it off, let it fly to the punch Leave the shoe where it landed, we can fish it out at lunch [End]
