Only One Shoe

Only One Shoe
by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 2005 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Mommy, oh Mommy, what can I do?
I want to go out and I can’t find my shoe!
Did you look in the closet? I didn’t. Well, do!
You’re not going out with only one shoe!

I’m here in the closet, it doesn’t look good,
One cross-country ski and your coat with a hood,
There’s jackets and racquets, a bottle of glue.
But Mommy, oh Mommy, I can’t find my shoe!

Did you look in the basement? I didn’t. Well, do!
You’re not going out with only one shoe!

I’m here in the basement. It’s dark and it’s damp.
A barbell, some lumber, an old skateboard ramp,
There’s hammers and chisels and screwdrivers too.
Lots of great stuff, Mom, but so far no shoe.

Did you look in the attic? No. Well, hurry, tout de suite!
You’re not going out without shoes on your feet!

I’m up in the attic. There’s some kind of nest,
Cobwebs and droppings, a dusty old chest,
And photos of Grandma and Grandpa and you.
Piles of clothes, but no trace of my shoe.

Oh me, what can I do? I haven’t got a clue.
It’s really discouraging, maddening too.
Where, oh where is my/your shoe?

Did you look in the living room? Look in the hall?
Look in the bathroom? I looked in them all!
Did you look everywhere? That’s what I said!
How ’bout your room? Under your bed?

I’m here in my room, under my bed.
There’s a beach ball, a snowsuit, an old bobble-head.
A few Reese’s Pieces, a stuffed kangaroo,
And Mommy, oh Mommy, I just found my shoe!

Isn’t it funny,
Whenever we lose a toy or a shoe or a book.
Though we turn every room in the house inside out,
It’s always the last place we look!

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Some Assembly Required CD.

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