The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes by ELVIS COSTELLO


[Intro]
               


[Verse 1]
             
Oh I used to b

              
e disgusted, a

         
nd now I try t

o be amused.
              
But since thei

  
r wings have g

ot rusted,
              
you know, the 

            
angels wanna w

             
ear my red sho

  (      )
es.


[Chorus]
              
But when they 

             
told me 'bout 

              
their side of 

       
the bargain,
              
that's when I 

             
knew that I co

           
uld not refuse

.
             
And I won't ge

              
t any older, n

             
ow the angels 

             
wanna wear my 

         
red shoes.


[Verse 2]
             
Oh,  I was wat

              
ching while yo

             
u're dancing a


way.
             
Our love got f

              
ractured in th

          
e echo and swa

y.
             
How come every

              
body wants to 

       
be your friend

?
           
You know that 

              
it still hurts

             
 me just to sa

      
y it.


[Verse 3]
      
Oh, I know tha

t she's disgus

ted (oh why's 

that)
            
Cause she's fe


eling so abuse

d. (oh that's 

too bad)
         
She gets tired

 of the lust, 

(oh I'm so sad

)
             
but it's so ha

              
rd to refuse.
        
can you say th

at I'm too old

,
             
when the angel

             
s have stolen 

            
my red shoes.


[Verse 4]
             
Oh, I said "I'

             
m so happy, I 

      
could die."
             
She said "Drop

              
 dead," then l

             
eft with anoth

   
er guy.
             
That's what yo

              
u get if you g

             
o chasing afte

   
r vengeance.
           
Ever since you

              
 got me punctu

              
red this has b

       
een my sentenc

e.
             
Oh I used to b

              
e disgusted, a

         
nd now I try t

o be amused.
              
But since thei

  
r wings have g

ot rusted,
              
you know, the 

            
angels wanna w

             
ear my red sho

 (       )
es.


[Chorus]
              
But when they 

             
told me 'bout 

              
their side of 

       
the bargain,
              
that's when I 

             
knew that I co

           
uld not refuse

.
             
And I won't ge

              
t any older, n

             
ow the angels 

             
wanna wear my 

         
red shoes.
             
Oh I won't get

              
 any older, no

             
w the angels w

             
anna wear my r

        
ed shoes.


[Outro]
(           
     Red shoes

             
, the angels w

              
ant to wear my

     
 red shoes

(Repeat 12x to fade)