Today's slow drag is with "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" from "My Aim is True," released in 1977. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello's birth name.

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Show Notes:

Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA,MFA

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References:

 

Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=(The_Angels_Wanna_Wear_My)_Red_Shoes  

 

"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS8oaMFsBEk

 

Got vs. Gotten https://ellii.com/blog/got-vs-gotten

 

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes lyrics:

Oh, I used to be disgusted

and now I try to be amused.

But since their wings have got rusted,

you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.

But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain,

that's when I knew that I could not refuse

And I won't get any older, now the angels wanna wear my red shoes

 

I was watching while you're dancing away

Our love got fractured in the echo and sway

How come everybody wants to be your friend?

You know that it still hurts me just to say it

 

Oh, I know that she's disgusted (oh why's that)

Cause she's feeling so abused. (oh that's too bad)

She gets tired of the lust, (oh I'm so sad)

but it's so hard to refuse

How can you say that I'm too old,

when the angels have stolen my red shoes.

 

Oh, I said "I'm so happy, I could die"

She said "Drop dead," then left with another guy

That's what you get if you go chasing after vengeance.

Ever since you got me punctured this has been my sentence.

Oh, I used to be disgusted

and now I try to be amused.

But since their wings have got rusted,

you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.

Red shoes, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.