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Tell us what you're gonna do tonight, momma
There must be someplace you can go
In the middle of the tall drinks and the drama
There must be someone you know
God knows you're lookin' good enough
But you're so smooth and the world's so rough
You might have somethin' to lose
Oh no, pretty momma, what you gonna do in those shoes
Got those pretty little straps around your ankles
Got those shiny little chains around your heart
You got to have your independence
But you don't know just where to start
Desperation in the singles bars
And all those jerk offs in their fancy cars
You can't believe your reviews
Oh no, you can't do that once you started wearin' those shoes
They're lookin' at you, leanin' on you
Tell you anything you want to hear
They give you tablets of love
They're waiting for you, got to score you
Handy with a shovel and so sincere
Ooh, they got the kid glove
You just want someone to talk to
They just want to get their hands on you
You get whatever you choose
Oh no, you can't do that once you started wearin' those shoes
Oh no, you can't do that once you started wearin' those shoes
There must be someplace you can go
In the middle of the tall drinks and the drama
There must be someone you know
God knows you're lookin' good enough
But you're so smooth and the world's so rough
You might have somethin' to lose
Oh no, pretty momma, what you gonna do in those shoes
Got those pretty little straps around your ankles
Got those shiny little chains around your heart
You got to have your independence
But you don't know just where to start
Desperation in the singles bars
And all those jerk offs in their fancy cars
You can't believe your reviews
Oh no, you can't do that once you started wearin' those shoes
They're lookin' at you, leanin' on you
Tell you anything you want to hear
They give you tablets of love
They're waiting for you, got to score you
Handy with a shovel and so sincere
Ooh, they got the kid glove
You just want someone to talk to
They just want to get their hands on you
You get whatever you choose
Oh no, you can't do that once you started wearin' those shoes
Oh no, you can't do that once you started wearin' those shoes
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
Track duration: 04:52
"Those Shoes" as written by Don Henley, Glenn Lewis Frey, Don Felder
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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"You just want someone to talk to
They just wanna get their hands on you
You get whatever you choose
Oh, no, you can't do that,
Once you started wearin' those shoes"
There's so many girls that dress up on the sleazy side and then can't figure out why men won't take them seriously. And I agree with nittanylion0, this would be a fantastic song to see someone strip to x)
THOSE SHOES
DON: One of my favorites. At that time, all the girls were wearing Charles Jourdan shows -- the ones with the little ankle straps. They'd become very popular and we were big fans [laughs]. And so, we said, "Well, it's not enough just to write about that; we have to turn it into a metaphor for women standing on their own two feet, so to speak, and taking responsibility for their own lives, their own losses." That was our intent. The lyric "Once you've started wearing those shoes" meant "Once you've started being your own woman and taking responsibility for your own life; once you've decided not to be just decoration -- an appendage to some guy -- then this is all the crap you're going to have to put up with in conjunction with that." Anyone who decided to become the master of his or her own destiny always has to put up with a lot of crap. On the surface the song was about the singles scene: the beautiful, young women seemingly unaware of the sharks waiting in the shallows... sharks that sometimes included us. It was also a great, great beat. It gave Felder a chance to strap on the talkbox, a device which Joe Walsh pioneered on "Rocky Mountain Way" -- and the two of them soloed together...
GLENN: As far as I know, it's the only double-talkbox solo in existence. That's Felder and Walsh on talkbox at the end singing "Butt out...butt out...."
Source:
glennfreyonline.com/eagles/verybest/…
So ProfessorKnowItAll was right about the "Butt out" on the talkbox.
I agree wholeheartedly with PeglegPete's earlier comment that this is their most underrated song. I also think it's one of their very best.
"They wanna get your hands on you. You get whatever you choose. Oh no, you can't do that once you started wearin those shoes."
Obviously as a stripper men want to put their hands on her and she can't say no because of her occupation. And the "tablets of love" are likely date rape drugs, which men often try to give to dancers. She "wants her independence but doesn't know where to start." She may feel that she cannot do well in the world outside of the club. And, in her spare time, she goes to singles bars but no one takes her seriously because "oh no, you can't do that, once you started wearin those shoes."
The "tall drinks and the drama" describe the atmosphere of a gentlemens' club very accurately.
They also ask what she's going to do "in those shoes." Sounds to me like a very specific type of shoe.
Beyond that, it seems to be about a young starlet who's the talk of Hollywood searching for love in the town of facades, with "those shoes" probably being some sort of designer shoes, as well as a symbol for her fame. She's young and naive ("you're so smooth and the world's so rough"), and life isn't like what it was before fame ("oh no, you can't do that/once you started wearing those shoes"). She's trying to find love ("You just want someone to talk to"), but plenty of guys are willing to take advantage of her loneliness and naivete ("they just want to get their hands on you"; I assume "tablets of love" are drugs to get her to loosen up).
To me, it always sounded like the talkbox was saying "Butt out, butt out."