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“Shoes ‘n’ Hats,” the eighth track on Smash Mouth’s self-titled album, consists of semi-sarcastic commentary on the way that people eat up all the latest trends and fashion, from the point of view of a narrator who is fine with older trends and fashion.
[Verse 1]
The shoes you wear
Ain't the shoes I'd wear, but I don't care
You've got things to say
But they're thrown away 'cause they're so passe
[Pre-Chorus 1]
To them, they, who are they anyway?
They're just beating each other at being each other
With nothing to say
[Verse 2]
So everyone cares
'Cause the hat that he wears is on the wrong way
And I heard them say
"Don't be square," so square we'll stay
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Without them, they, who are they anyway?
They're just beating each other at being each other
With nothing to say
[Chorus]
I'm holding on to my old man's sneakers
Just going deaf to my hi-fi records and
Hanging 'round at the pawn shop waiting for nothing to change
Anything strange is wrong
[Verse 3]
So here we are
In a dead man's car going to the show
In my old chapeau
Well, it's full of holes but it's got more soul
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Than them, they, who are they anyway?
They're just beating each other at being each other
With nothing to say
[Chorus]
I'm holding on to my old man's sneakers
Just going deaf to my hi-fi records and
Hanging 'round at the pawn shop waiting for nothing to change
Anything strange is wrong
Shoes ‘n’ Hats was written by Greg Camp.
Shoes ‘n’ Hats was produced by Eric Valentine.
Smash Mouth released Shoes ‘n’ Hats on Tue Nov 27 2001.