Eleven Worn Shoes

from Household Tales by Eden Wilhelm

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Based off of the fairy tale 'The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes', or, 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses'.

lyrics

Put on your shoes
Don’t wear ‘em out
Don’t make a sound
Put on your shoes

Heads always roll
Onto the stone
They’ll never know
Heads always roll

This fellow’s young
This fellow’s old
Give him some wine
He’ll be out cold

The youngest weeps
She’s ill at ease
“You simple girl!
He’s sound asleep”

Chorus:
Dance we want
Dance we shall
Dance we must
Against our will
It’s not our fault
If you die
What’s one life
If it means these joyous nights?
Would you have us cry?

I thought that I
I heard something
Was it the wind?
I heard something

And it’s not right
To cheat his life
I’m sure we’ll pay
For all these lies

(Repeat chorus)

Bridge:
I don’t wanna hurt you
I don’t mean you harm
If you’d only listen
Just go or your life is lost
I don’t wanna hurt you
(Deserved just what you got)
I don’t mean you harm
(Hope you trip and I hope you fall)
If you’d only listen
(Can’t hear a thing at all)
Just go or your life is lost
(Stay, stay)
I don’t wanna hurt you
(Deserved just what you got)
I don’t mean you harm
(Hope you trip and I hope you fall)
If you’d only listen
(Can’t hear a thing at all)
Just go or your life is lost
(Stay, stay)

Now we’re found out
What will I do?
Which one of us
Is he to choose?

And he chose wrong
She’ll do him away
His head will roll
His life he’ll pay

(Repeat chorus twice)

Would you have us cry?
One of us will cry

credits

from Household Tales, track released October 25, 2019
Eden Wilhelm: vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
John Mark Painter: bass, brush drums, strings

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Eden Wilhelm Knoxville, Tennessee

Eden Wilhelm is a singer-songwriter who focuses on storytelling, drawing inspiration from folklore and fairy tales, and life experiences. On October 25th, 2019, she released her first work of music titled 'Household Tales'.

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