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Dollar Store Shoes

from Kite Dreams by Mark Leonhart

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I wrote the music for this song and the line, "I love you. I do," in Grade 7. It wouldn't be until the Summer of 2008 that the rest of the lyrics and song structure would fully take form.

Although fairly self-explanatory, Dollar Store Shoes in a poor man's love ballad. I still have those shoes, and they're a constant reminder that I'm lucky to love.

lyrics

Now I'm holding out,
For a better side of me,
Too late to look back down,
Made it this far in spite of me.

Maybe you'll say,
On that day,
"I love you. I do."

Taking off these dollar store shoes,
Gonna put my feet up for a while,
Ground myself on carpet shine,
Hoping that lack of sleep will make me smile.

Maybe you'll say,
On that day,
"I love you. I do."

It's not fair.
Time's not on my side,
So let me compare,
The status quo and my heart inside.

So, give me a week or two,
To find a better part of me,
Let me get back to you,
Give you the very heart of me.

Maybe you'll say,
On that day,
"I love you. I do."

credits

from Kite Dreams, track released August 6, 2008
Written and performed by Mark Leonhart.

Engineered and mixed by E. Ricardo Lopez-Aguilar at Solomon Records Music, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. SolomonRecordsMusic@gmail.com

Mastered by Colin Crowell, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Produced by E. R. Lopez-Aguilar and Mark Leonhart

Made in Canada

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