Red Shoes by the Drugstore, Blue Valentine, Tom Waits [057]

Back once again with Sam, Martin, Elizabeth and Caspar, we join Waits hanging out outside the drugstore with Little Caesar and his red-shod ladyfriend. Some discussion this week of the musical environment created slides seamlessly, SEAMLESSLY into the textural features of Vangelis on the soundtrack from Blade Runner. It's another tight focused never-rambling episode of Song by Song. Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two musicians listening to and discussing every single Tom Waits track in chronological order. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: [email protected] Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Red Shoes by the Drugstore, Blue Valentine, Tom Waits (1978) Love Theme - from Blade Runner, Blade Runner, Vangelis (1982/1994) We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly. Lyrics - Red Shoes by the Drugstore She wore red shoes by the newsstand as the rain splashed the nickel and spilled like chablis all along the midway theres a little bluejay in a red dress on a sad night one straw in a root beer a compact with a cracked mirror a bottle of evening in paris perfume what's this sad tune he told her to wait in by the magazines to take care of some business it seems bring a raincoat bring a suitcase bring your dark eyes and wear those red shoes theres a dark huddle at the bus stop umbrellas arranged in a sad bouquet lil Caesar got caught he was going down to second he was cooled changing stations on the chamber to steal a diamond ring from a jewelry store for his baby he loved the way she looked in those red shoes she waited by the drugstore Caesar had never been this late before the dogs bayed the moon and rattled their chain and the cold jingle of taps in a puddle was the burglar alarm snitchin on Caesar the rain washes memories from the sidewalks and the hounds splash the nickel full of soldiers and Santa Claus is drunk in the ski room and it's Christmas Eve in a sad café when the moon gets it's way there's a little blue jay by the news-stand red shoes red shoes so meet me tonight by the drugstore meet me tonight by the drugstore meet me tonight by the drugstore goin out tonight goin out tonight goin out tonight wear your red shoes red shoes red shoes red shoes red shoes