[Intro: strings swell, handclaps, group] (Ooh, one more song) (Lace 'em tight) [Verse 1] Cost me forty dollars from the shop on Market Street Shiny black and pinching before I left the suite Best man pin on my lapel and a speech I almost botched But the shoes were cutting early and my heels were getting hot Said my piece about my brother, how he found the better half Sat back down, pulled the tongue up, tried to make the leather laugh Band struck up a Philly number, tables cleared the floor And I stood up like a gentleman and limped out to the war [Pre-Chorus] (Step, slide, step) Blisters writing letters home (Step, slide, step) But I ain't sitting this one out alone [Chorus] Rental shoes, rental shoes They don't know my name Rental shoes, rental shoes Hurting just the same I can feel the cardboard insole curling at the toe But the bride's kid sister asked me, and I ain't about to go Rental shoes, rental shoes Dance 'em till they break Rental shoes, rental shoes For my brother's sake [Verse 2] Uncle Ray was drinking whiskey from a coffee mug he stole Aunt Denise had kicked her heels off by the chocolate fountain bowl DJ called a slow one, couples found each other's hands I was leaning on a column with my socks already damp She walked over in a pale blue dress her mama made that spring Said, you look like someone dying, wanna dance or wanna sing I said, lady, these are rentals, and they hate me from the start She said, good, then we can hate 'em while we tear this place apart [Pre-Chorus] (Step, slide, step) Blisters writing letters home (Step, slide, step) But I ain't sitting this one out alone [Chorus] Rental shoes, rental shoes They don't know my name Rental shoes, rental shoes Hurting just the same I can feel the cardboard insole curling at the toe But the bride's kid sister asked me, and I ain't about to go Rental shoes, rental shoes Dance 'em till they break Rental shoes, rental shoes For my brother's sake [Bridge: strings and bass only, falsetto] Halfway through the Electric Slide I felt the left one split Cardboard peeled like wallpaper, and I didn't give a spit She was laughing, I was laughing, brother spinning with his wife Blisters on my heels and still the best night of my life [Final Chorus: full horns and strings] Rental shoes, rental shoes They don't know my name Rental shoes, rental shoes Hurting just the same Tossed 'em in the dumpster by the kitchen at midnight Walked barefoot to the parking lot, and honey that felt right Rental shoes, rental shoes Did their temporary job Rental shoes, rental shoes Got me through the bop [Outro: group fade, handclaps] (Ooh, one more song) (Lace 'em tight) (Barefoot home)
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