[Intro ] [Verse 1] Sharpest thing my mother owned, she pressed it in my palm alone. Cut what doesn't fit, she said, a crown is worth the blood you shed. [Verse 2] They wear the gold I never wore, they climb the stairs I swept before. The prince won't know, the prince can't see gold looks the same on anybody. But the road remembers everyone who's lied, and the birds up in the branches never blink, and a shoe don't care how pretty that you cried — [Chorus ] The shoe don't lie, the shoe don't lie, it fills with red however hard you try. You can carve yourself down to the bone, but you can't force a foot into a home. Ride on, ride on, past the ash tree door — the shoe knows who it's leaving for. [Instrumental] [Bridge 1 ] Look down, look down, there's blood in the shoe — it was never gold, it was never you. I planted grief where my mother lay, and something green grew up to pay. [Verse 3] Doves don't forget a borrowed name, doves don't forgive a stolen claim. I let you climb into my seat — I only asked you trim your feet. [Chorus ] The shoe don't lie, the shoe don't lie, it fills with red however hard you try. You can carve yourself down to the bone, but you can't force a foot into a home. Ride on, ride on, past the ash tree door — the shoe was always mine before. [Breakdown] Sister, sister, don't you cry the doves are waiting for your eyes. [Final Chorus] The shoe don't lie, the shoe don't lie, gold on a liar don't ever hide. You tried to carve yourself into my home — now the birds will pick you to the bone. Ride on, ride on, I'm through that door — the shoe was always, always mine before. [Outro ] Somewhere… Somewhere in the ash tree… Somewhere in the ash tree, something waits for you. (the shoe don't lie) Somewhere in the ash tree, something waits for you. (the shoe don't lie) Look down. Look down. There's blood in the shoe.
