The trouble I’ve got is never far behind me
and the woman I’m not is really getting in my hair
I don’t care
I’ve got some red suede shoes.

When my collar gets hot and frayed around the edges
'cause the people I thought I could depend on let me down
won’t wear a frown
I’m wearing red suede shoes.

When this life is tightening around me
I can shed these blues
I can cruise in my red suede shoes.

Want to dance, wanna dance
watch me glide, take things in stride
When I arrive I feel so alive in my red suede shoes.

When I want to get out from someone’s low opinion
of what I’m about and what they think that I should do
there’s room to move
in my red suede shoes.

Moving about, I step a little lighter
telling you how they really elevate my mood
it's true
wearing my red suede shoes.

The man says don’t go stepping on his blue suedes
but that’s old news
I can cruise in my red suede shoes.

Wanna dance, wanna dance
wanna dance, gonna dance
I will arrive and feel so alive in my red suede shoes.

Not my lipstick or clips for my hair
Not my bracelets or rings, I don’t care
Not my jacket, my shirt or my skirt
but my red suede shoes.