pink ballet slippers

two dollars for a pair

must have been made

by the guy in the store

they're strange

on i don't care

i'm gonna buy them

they might be too small

lately while dancing i fall



sweet ballerina

turns on her tiny toes

he lifts her up and carries her

how come i'm not one of those

i do my dancing in combat boots

i don't look good in a tu tu



o teacher

can you help me

get a kick out of these

pink ballet slippers

pink ballet slippers

i wear em to sleep

i wear em to dream



see you sew the elastic

neatly to the side

deep in a drawer bury them

these shoes you gotta hide

only can wear em when nobody's home

or when you're talking on the telephone



o teacher

can you find me

somewhere to be pretty

in my pink ballet slippers

pink ballet slippers

i wear em to sleep

i wear em to dream

i wear em to sleep