Shoes

There's more than one kind of baby blues,
and you're sick of the noise from your 'wonderful news.'
To think that, for this, you gave up the booze!
Yes, it's time for the purchase of impractical shoes.

You're too far from Hampstead to catch up on the news,
and you're sick of the sight of the Norfolk views,
you're checking his pockets for uncomfortable clues -
yes, it's time for the purchase of impractical shoes.

You claim it's not his fault, but that's only a ruse
and his face didn't fall when you gave him the news.
Is there nothing to gain, when you've nothing to lose?
Yes, it's time for the purchase of impractical shoes.

You plan your days round the location of loos,
it might be okay on that Saga Tours cruise.
You've had a great life - but you're not sure whose -
yes, it's time for the purchase of impractical shoes.