Mr. Shoe Store Blues
I went to the department store to find a tennis running athletic shoe
I wanted a shoe I thought felt good and true
I wanted to spend less than 80 dollars
I wanted a running tennis athletic shoe to hold up my feet
Give them support
Train them to be the best feet this side of whatever Walmart was around
I wanted something on sale
With laces and none of that no-lace shoe shit
I wanted a shoe that supported my feet, my heels, my legs, my soul
Something without that mesh athletic beekeeper dolphin skin shit
Just a straight leather upper from a cow or suede or a man-made fake leather thingy
I wanted this but got nothin’
I couldn’t find what I wanted
I left the department store an unsatisfied man
Unrequited tennis shoe boy
Now I have to go online and search search search
And find my pot of gold at the end of the tennis athletic running hiking shoe rainbow
Wish me luck…
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