Empty Shoes

There's a pair of tiny shoes

Shiny white and barely used

Worn the first time when she came home

Blink your eyes and they're outgrown

A little pair of tennis shoes

Velcro straps not hard to use

Big bird's wondering where baby's gone

When she's gonna try them back on

There's a closet full of memories

Scuffed up toes and skinned up knees

All lined up forever true

To the one who wore those empty shoes

There's a Sunday school Mary Jane

That old pair she left out in the rain

The boots she wore to cheer the home team on

And those silver snaps that danced her at the prom

There's a closet full of memories

Don't be late and daddy, please

All lined up forever true

To the one who wore those empty shoes

And sometimes late at night listen

Close and you might hear the sound of

Walking, running, skipping, jumping

Search devotion, time means nothing

There's a pair of tiny shoes

Freshly shined for being used

Grandpa's proud to share the news

With a closet full of empty shoes

And sometimes late at night listen

Close and you might hear the sound of

Walking, running, skipping, jumping

Search devotion, time means nothing

Ain't she something?