Somebody Else's Shoes

Cinderella was a young girl.

She did her best to please the people 

who would never let her dreams come true

She wore the rages that they passed down

Until the day she found a perfect pair of shoes

She could tell by the size they were only meant for her

And when she put them on, 

from that moment she was sure when she said

"I've been walking too long in somebody else's shoes

I've been tripping on the laces, running into empty spaces

And I've been hanging around with people who make me blue

But I'm not walking anymore in those shoes"

Back here in real life,

I read that story and I wonder if I'm just the same as she

I'm wrapped in worldly visions, and my split decisions

take me places

That I never meant to be

And now the great and spacious building has me

scrubbing down the floors

And I've got to find a way to tell them

I can't work there anymore cause

I've been walking too long in somebody else's shoes

I've been tripping on the laces, running into empty spaces

And I've been hanging around in places that hide the truth

But I'm not walking anymore

In those shoes

Give me shoes that are comfortable on the straight and narrow way

With a soul that God can see straight through

Because my toes are curling under in the ones that 

I've been wearing

I need a pair that makes me feel brand new

I've been walking too long in somebody else's shoes

I've been tripping on the laces, running into empty spaces

And I've been  hanging around in places that hide the truth

But I'm not walking anymore

In those shoes.

I'm not walking anymore in those shoes.

-Cherie Call