One Shoe

ONE SHOE



My first kiss?
I really don’t remember
My first date?
I truly can’t say.
My first love?
I can’t help you out there.
But my first drink
Seems just like yesterday.


And ever since,
One drink is too many,
And a thousand,
Never enough.
I have wandered
Ever so lonely,
One shoe on
And one shoe off.



Oh I may be
The belle of the ball now,
Making jokes,
And flirtin’ up a storm.
But when I leave,
It’s never with my date.
And when I wake up,
It’s never at home.


Since that first drink,
One is too many,
And a thousand
Never enough;
I have wandered
Ever so lonely
One shoe on,
And one shoe off.



Oh I may seem
Like a devoted mother
With my children,
I love them so.
But take a look,
Up there in the cupboard
There’s vodka
And no cereal.


Since that first drink
One is too many
And a thousand
Never enough.
I have wandered
Ever so lonely,
One shoe on,
And one shoe off.


One shoe on, and one shoe off,
One shoe on, and one shoe off.
It’s so hard to walk this world,
One shoe on, and one shoe off.


Can I quit?
I sometimes wonder.
Is this it?
Is it my special day?
Could it be
My last drink was my last one?
Oh Lord please
Let this cup
Pass me by.


Let this cup pass,
‘Cause one drink is too many.
None for me, thanks.
It won’t be enough.
Just for today,
Let my new
Sober life dawn
Yes one shoe’s off….
But one’s already on.