[Verse 1]
The shoes you wear
Ain't the shoes I'd wear, but I don't care
You've got things to say
But they're thrown away 'cause they're so passe

[Pre-Chorus 1]
To them, they, who are they anyway?
They're just beating each other at being each other
With nothing to say

[Verse 2]
So everyone cares
'Cause the hat that he wears is on the wrong way
And I heard them say
"Don't be square," so square we'll stay

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Without them, they, who are they anyway?
They're just beating each other at being each other
With nothing to say

[Chorus]
I'm holding on to my old man's sneakers
Just going deaf to my hi-fi records and
Hanging 'round at the pawn shop waiting for nothing to change
Anything strange is wrong
[Verse 3]
So here we are
In a dead man's car going to the show
In my old chapeau
Well, it's full of holes but it's got more soul

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Than them, they, who are they anyway?
They're just beating each other at being each other
With nothing to say

[Chorus]
I'm holding on to my old man's sneakers
Just going deaf to my hi-fi records and
Hanging 'round at the pawn shop waiting for nothing to change
Anything strange is wrong