Michael Roe
Michael Roe
Michael Roe
Michael Roe
Michael Roe
Michael Roe
Michael Roe
Michael Roe
Michael Roe
Michael Roe
Michael Roe
Michael Roe
[Verse 1]
You're like chrome and steel, a lightning wheel
You're dressed up, stripped down like a banana peel
You're unreal, babe
A full meal, babe
You're built straight from scratch, no seams, no patch
Lift the lid, lift the latch, you've battened down every hatch
You're a catch, babe
A perfect match, babe
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I'm a semi-sucker stumbling down the road
A real gone trucker since I dropped my load
[Verse 2]
I was wholly jive and only half alive
I went looking for a ride, and you swiped my side
We collide, babe
Deep and wide, babe
I was a hefty hunk of gas-guzzling junk
A total clunker, I ran, but I sweat, and I stunk
Like a funk, babe
I was sunk, babe
[Pre-Chorus 2]
You're a sweet hitchhiker with your soul in your shoes
You can take me our for a permanent cruise
Won't you choose me?
[Chorus]
Come on, baby
You can't refuse
Come on and take me
For a ride in your walking shoes
[Guitar Solo]
Yeah
[Verse 3]
You're a one-way ticket to a two-way street
Got me coming and going every time we meet
You're a treat, babe
So concrete, babe
I drove you to Moline from Aberdeen
You got something us local folks ain't never seen
You got feel, babe
My ideal, babe
[Pre-Chorus 3]
I'm a flat-tired floozy flopping out on you
No one can pump me up the way that you do
Can you move me?
[Chorus 2]
Come on, baby
You got nothing to lose
You can drive me crazy
With your walking shoes
[Chorus 3]
Come on, baby
Make it all come true
Take a trip, don't slip, don't drop me out
In the morning dew
[Chorus 4]
Come on, baby
You can't refuse
Take me one day, one step at a time
In those walking shoes, yeah
Sneakers was written by David Leonhardt & Michael Roe.
Sneakers was produced by Michael Roe.
In the liner notes to the 2018 reissue of The 77s' Drowning with Land in Sight, Mike Roe notes that “Sneakers” was originally intended for that album rather than his solo record Safe as Milk. The record label, however, felt that it was too risqué and asked that it be removed:
“Sneakers” was intende...