i d like to be in charlie s shoes that s what i always said cause he had you and everything tied with a golden thread then charlie left and went away and when i got the news it wasn t long till i was walking round in charlie s shoes now i m wearing out the shoes that charlie wore walking back and forth across the floor the troubles that drove him away i ve got for company these nights in charlie s shoes are killing me the greener grass that turned my head so swiftly did turn brown cause every little dream i build she s always tearing down i never knew old charlie s shoes could have so many tacks of disappointing sorrows and i wish he had em back cause i m wearing out the shoes that charlie wore walking back and forth across the floor the troubles that drove him away i ve got for company these nights in charlie s shoes are killing me