Footwear Put Where People Pass By

Tune: Isham Jones's "It Had to be You"

Footwear
Put where
People pass by
Never,
Ever
Catches the eye.
Isn't it vile?
Where is the style
That I love?

No matter
Whether
Leather,
Canvas or suede,
Duller
Color
Never was made.
Where is the shoe
Blue as the blue
Up above?

They have to be blue,
Unflinchingly blue.
You ask what I think
Of loafers in pink?
Well, here is a clue:
When buying a shoe—
Ideally, two—,
Insist upon suede
Dyed in a shade
Poignantly blue.

Some shoes are obscene:
They're emerald green;
They're paisley or plaid;
They're shockingly bad,
And painful to view;
And "something in brown"
Makes me grimace.
So knock me down,
Step in my face—
Whatever you do,
This remains true:
Suede should be blue.