Boots of a Soldier

[Verse]

I wear the boots of a soldier

Whose name was Slidell

And my foot fits inside them

Really quite well

[Chorus]

And I wonder about the stories

These boots could tell

Did Slidell live or die

Did their mama cry

And go through hell

[Verse]

Ten years my senior

And a hundred or so

This guitar that I’m strumming

‘Neath this weeping willow

[Chorus]

And it boggles the mind

Oh the passing of time

And the mysteries that abound

Elude and confound you

All the stories you’ll never know

[Verse]

In your tiny little umwelt

Just living the dream

Learning there how you see things

Is just how they seem

[Chorus]

And you could think of someways

That happy could get hard, to do

But there’s never not more

So I would say if you’re bored

That’s on you