well it seemed to be just a dream but how is one to know there was a cat and a man made of tin there was a chick and an old scarecrow i got all shook up i raised my cup to toast that girl i d seen i got my nerve i threw a curve and i told her what i mean chorus i said ooh ooh where d you get them ruby red shoes they look like they could take a man to a place he could use we could tap our heels girl and chase away my blues if i could talk you out of them ruby red shoes it ain t hard to tell on a carousel just where that horse might go so i jumped ship a shootin from my hip headed down that golden road well the sky got black so i turned back i m not one to steal the show scarecrow was cool and the cat was too but me and tin man want to know chorus repeats twice