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Level 42 - My Father's Shoes

Music Video | 1992
ArtistLevel 42
SongMy Father's Shoes
AlbumGuaranteed
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown
Release date

Lyrics

Even now I see him walking home at sundown
he's whistling rock of ages with his lunchbox at his side
I still recall the smell of smoke and ashes on his jacket
and that factory dust was on his shoes the afternoon he died

I swore I'd never heed that factory whistle
in a banker's cage I signed a loan against my future sins
all the neighbours shook my hand
and wished me well upon my leaving
though my father was a poor man he owned a wealth of friends

So take these boots that shine like Judas silver
and all these sad reflections on lost untravelled roads
...
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