Big Animals - The Ballad of Mandy Lyrics

One foot in front of the other real slow
You got your eyes fixed up at the moon
I said, "that reflection's good on you."
You said, "Ya know, I think so too but don't you know?
That I've been stuck here way too long and I can't put my
Finger on the fear that makes me move my feet
You know I'm not where I belong
I try to tell my momma so
She's saying, 'no it isn't true'
I tell her, 'damn I wanna leave'"
That's just the devil in your shoes

And her tears flow down like a river
Of melted snow
And her eyes look out past the sun
Now those shadows - they're all gone
I'm picking pieces of her heart up off the ground
But I can see it in her eyes
I can see through that disguise
She'll make me do those things I never thought I'd do and I don't know why
I'm reaching for my hip and more
She's screaming, "why forsake me so?"
It'll make the morning news
But that's just the devil in my shoes

Don't you know
It's all steam
You got Mandy there in your dreams
Clear your mind out
Wipe it clean
And she's bursting out at the seams
Pack it all up
Hit the streets
There's no more her just you and me
And we're all set free
Yeah we're all set free
Oh Lord

Out of the rain and into the light
It'll only hurt just a bit
Don't you put up a fight
'Cause when Mandy sings those fateful blues
She'll pull the devil right out her stiletto
And put it back in your
Shoes