Walking Shoes
Arlo McKinley Lyrics

i don't wanna get high anymore
I don't want to indulge in any kind of substance abuse anymore.

i don't wanna fight anymore
I don't want to fight with anyone anymore.

i don't wanna settle old scores
I don't want to hold onto grudges or unresolved issues anymore.

i just wanna come home
All I want is to return to the place where I feel loved and accepted.

back to the ones i love
I want to return to the people who genuinely care about me.

where there's still plenty of
It's a place where I can find enough of everything I need.

room to make it better without ever hurting anyone
I want to be able to make things better without causing anyone any pain.

i could follow you down if you want me to
I'm willing to go wherever you want, but it might not be the best idea.

but we both know that would be a mess
We both know that it's not a good idea to follow you down that path.

so i'm putting on my walking shoes
I'm getting ready to leave and move on.

goodbye
It's time to say farewell and part ways.

wish you the best
I hope that everything goes well for you in the future.

grudges that i fell upon
I've been holding onto grudges for too long.

i've been holding for too long
I've been holding onto these grudges for far too long.

tomorrow they will all be gone
I plan to let go of these grudges tomorrow and leave them behind.

once the morning comes
I plan to let go of all my negative emotions once it's a new day.

i'm gonna lay them down in the dirt
I plan to let these negative emotions go and leave them behind.

apologize to those i've hurt
I want to let go of these negative emotions and apologize to those I've hurt.

make peace with everybody including all my enemies
I want to make amends with everyone in my life, including my enemies.

we hit road
We started driving on the road.

i said tell me where you're wanting to be and that's where we're gonna go
I asked where you wanted to go, and that's where we headed.

if it takes my life
I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get us there.

i looked over at you
I glanced over at you.

had a smile on my face and i noticed you were smiling too
I was happy, and I noticed that you were happy too.

girl you were smiling too
I noticed that you were happy as well, and it made me feel good.

and for the first time in a long time
We finally felt happy after a long time.

we were alright
We were in a good place in our relationship.

turned the radio on
We turned on the radio.

and heard luckenbach texas and you said it was your favorite song
We listened to Luckenbach Texas, and I remembered that it was your favorite song.

girl you started singing along
You started to sing along to the song.

crossed state lines
We crossed over the boundary between two states.

i couldn't keep my eyes open so i stopped to see an old friend of mine
I needed to sleep, so I stopped to visit a friend.

to get some sleep for a while
I needed to rest and sleep for a while before continuing our journey.

woke by the phone
I woke up after the phone rang.

heard your voice say i should come get my things
I heard your voice telling me to come and take my belongings.

cause you were gonna be home and you wanted them gone
You wanted me to come get my stuff because you were returning home and wanted them gone.

like a brick it hit me
It hit me like a ton of bricks.

everything i thought that happened that night well it was only a dream
I realized that everything that happened that night only happened in my dreams.

so i went back to sleep
I went back to sleep, hoping to return to that happy dream.

what else could i do
I didn't know what else to do.

tried to find my way back into that dream so i could be close to you
I tried to return to that dream so I could feel close to you again.

cause for the first time in a long time
Because it was the first time in a long time.

we were alright
We felt okay.