Boots Lyrics
Oh, God, oh, God
Dear father in heaven
I'm not a praying man but if you're up there and you can hear me
Show me the way
I'm at the end of my road and I...
Show me the way, oh God
[Verse 1]
No more trouble in this town
Silent night for a change
A brand new year coming up ahead
You know it's been so long since I rang one in
I close my eyes, think about the path I took
Just when I think these times have gotten the best of me
[Hook]
I can see my mother in the kitchen, my father on the floor
Watching television, it's a wonderful life
Cinnamon candles burning, snowball fights outside
Smile below each nose and above each chin
Stomp my boots before I go back in
[Verse 2]
I wasted my wishes on Saturday nights
Boy, what I would give for just one more
I'd soften my heart, shock the world
Do you hear my voice?
Do you know my name?
Light my way, lift my head, light my way
I can see my mother in the kitchen, my father on the floor
Watching television, it's a wonderful life
Cinnamon candles burning, snowball fights outside
Smile below each nose and above each chin
Stomp my boots before I go back in
[Verse 3]
Family all together, presents piled high
Frost on all the windows, what a wonderful night
Cinnamon candles burning, snowball fights outside
Smile below each nose and above each chin
[Outro]
So happy they found me
Love was all around me
Stomp my boots before I go back in
About
Boots is the fifth consecutive annual Christmas song of which all proceeds to go to the (PRODUCT)RED campaign by The Killers. Released November 30th 2010, Boots debuted at #3 on the Billboard Holiday chart, while reaching #53 on the UK Singles Chart and #79 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The video, directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) starts with the famous scene of George Bailey (played by James Stewart) praying to God in the 1946 film ‘It’s A Wonderful Life.’ It then follows a narrative of a homeless man in a struggle to regain his old life. The protagonist is played by NYC street performer, Super Bad Brad Prowly.
It is the first release by the Las Vegas rock band to not stylize the band’s title in neon lights. Instead, ‘The Killers’ is in a font relating to the DVD release cover of Citizen Kane.
Q&A
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This is Brandon Flowers‘ favorite Killers Christmas single, he explained to NME.
I was born in the desert but I spent my formative years in Utah, where we actually had white Christmases. I got really sentimental and I feel like I was able to look back and tell you about my mother, and that’s what makes that my favorite one.
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