Socks ’n’ Sandals Songtext
von Graham Parker

I dunno why you love me baby
I dunno why you care
I′m losin'my memory
I′m losin'my hair
I lost my car keys around here somewhere
I'm part of the furniture
I′m stuck to that chair
So i dunno why you love me baby
I dunno why you care
Socks′n'sandals that′s what i wear


I'm livin′ in the suburbs
And wearin' bad clothes
Bar-becuing hot dogs
And keepin′a clean nose
My best friend's a hillbilly
With a moonshine still
Actually i'm lyin′
He′s an accountant named bill
So i don't know why you love me baby
I don′t know why you care
Socks'n′sandals that's what i wear

Chorus
Socks′n'sandals
As i hold onto your love handles
Socks'n′sandals
As i hold onto your love handles

Porcelain ducks are lined
Up on my mantle
Fish in a pond and
One of them′s a fantail
One of those clocks with
The rays like the sun
I eat my dinner with
My raincoat on
So i don't know why you love me baby
I dunno why you care
Socks′n'sandals that′s what i wear

Chorus


I got that midnite-blue painting
Of that oriental girl
You know the big-eyed one
Yeah you see her everywhere
Cooking sherry and a velveteen chair
And in the evening i sit right there
So i dunno why you love me baby
I dunno why you care
Socks'n′ sandals that's what i wear