Waiting on the Other Shoe to Fall

(Tom T. Hall)



When I was a young man I busted my jeans

Hopping a freight down to New Orleans

Worked on the oil rigs and played in the bars

But nothing ever killed me so far.



Now I'm waitin' on the other shoe to fall

And right now you're walking out on me

I can hear your footsteps going down the hall

And I am waitin' on the other shoe to fall.



--- Instrumental ---



Well, I joined the army and I did my time

They sent me right up to the front lines

People were shoutin' and shootin' at me

But I had to keep America free.



Now I'm waitin' on the other shoe to fall

And right now you're walking out on me

I can hear your footsteps going down the hall

And I am waitin' on the other shoe to fall.



--- Instrumental ---



I've been to California and I've been to New York

And all in between I had beans on my fork

Clothes on my back and a song on my mind

But I've never met a woman like your kind.



Now I'm waitin' on the other shoe to fall

And right now you're walking out on me

I can hear your footsteps going down the hall

And I am waitin' on the other shoe to fall.



--- Instrumental ---



Well, right down the street there's an old boarding house

You better be careful bout throwing me out

When she hears my footsteps coming up their stairs

She's gonna start combing her hair.



She's a waitin' on the other shoe to fall

Right now you're walking out on me

I can hear your footsteps going down the hall

And she is waitin' on the other shoe to fall...