The Hold Steady - Saddle Shoes lyrics

Shepard showed up when we were wrapping up the counting up He's coming off some problem block Later at some party all the girls want to talk a lot We're sleeping at the saddle shop It's been that kind of summer We tried to stay with your sister now we're staying wherever It's been fifteen days but it feels like forever The Wild West begins where your body ends So keep your bandages clean The Wild West begins right where your body ends Blacked out in blue jeans Shepard showed up then somebody took a couple shots The neighbors went and called the cops Didn't make a difference when the owners came and changed the locks We still sleep at the saddle shop It's been that kind of summer We tried to stay with your sister now we're staying wherever She appeared faithless in fringes and feathers It's been fifteen days but it feels like forever The Wild West begins where your body ends So keep your bandages clean The Wild West begins right where your body ends Blacked out in blue jeans I never rode a horse but I'm sleeping at the saddle shop Man this whole summer's been strange The Wild West begins where your body ends Rough riders on the wide open ranges Upstairs at some hescher's apartment Underneath some posters of panthers That one guy in camouflage dancing Eyes shut with his arms out like Christ The other guy was licking his knife And then it went white Oh, the wide open spaces Wild western and faithless Met this guy in the parking lot This guy I've seen at the saddle shop Over the walls of the castle Nine stitches and bandages Met this guy in the blinding light He was shaking pretty hard but he seemed alright Seemed pretty nice And then it went white The Wild West begins where your body ends So keep your bandages clean The Wild West begins right where your body ends Blacked out in blue jeans I never rode a horse but I'm sleeping at the saddle shop And so are most of my friends The Wild West begins right where your body ends That's where the Wild West begins