                
[Verse 1]
Saw a shadow slip through autumn leaves
Cigarette smoke curling high
Old guitar strings tangled in sleeves
Whistling tunes as the hours go by

Heard a rumour carried on the breeze
Paper boats floating downstream
Yesterday's map tucked at my knees
Nothing is quite what it seems

[Chorus]
Silver shoes on a winding road
Underneath a velvet sky
Carrying tales that nobody told
Only the sparrows know why

[Post-Chorus]
Oh la la, la la
Oh la la, la la

[Verse 2]
I met a poet in faded green
He carved riddles into the sand
He said the future isn't what it's been
But I held fortune in my hand

[Pre-Chorus]
Clock strikes midnight out of tune
Dreams drift like old balloons

[Chorus]
Silver shoes on a winding road
Underneath a velvet sky
Carrying tales that nobody told
Only the sparrows know why

[Post-Chorus]
Oh la la, la la
Oh la la, la la

[Bridge]
Lanterns flicker along faded rails
A world painted crimson and blue
Messages hidden in odd little mails
Waiting for someone like you

[Verse 3]
There’s a fortune teller near the gate
Her pockets lined with dreams
She laughs and says it isn’t fate
Just life unravelling at the seams

[Chorus]
Silver shoes on a winding road
Underneath a velvet sky
Carrying tales that nobody told
Only the sparrows know why

[Post-Chorus]
Oh la la, la la
Oh la la, la la
