Annotated lyrics for The Hold Steady song 'Saddle Shoes' - Shepard showed up when we were wrapping up the counting up / He's coming off some problem block / Later at some party all the girls want to talk a lot / We're sleeping at the saddle shop / It's been that kind of summer / We tried to stay with your sister now we're staying wherever / It's been fifteen days but it feels like forever / The Wild West begins where your body ends / So keep your bandages clean / The Wild West begins right where your body ends / Blacked out in blue jeans / Shepard showed up then somebody took a couple shots / The neighbors went and called the cops / Didn't make a difference when the owners came and changed the locks / We still sleep at the saddle shop / It's been that kind of summer / We tried to stay with your sister now we're staying wherever / She appeared faithless in fringes and feathers / It's been fifteen days but it feels like forever / The Wild West begins where your body ends / So keep your bandages clean / The Wild West begins right where your body ends / Blacked out in blue jeans / I never rode a horse but I'm sleeping at the saddle shop / Man this whole summer's been strange / The Wild West begins where your body ends / Rough riders on the wide open ranges / Upstairs at some hescher's apartment / Underneath some posters of panthers / That one guy in camouflage dancing / Eyes shut with his arms out like Christ / The other guy was licking his knife / And then it went white / Oh, the wide open spaces / Wild western and faithless / Met this guy in the parking lot / This guy I've seen at the saddle shop / Over the walls of the castle / Nine stitches and bandages / Met this guy in the blinding light / He was shaking pretty hard but he seemed alright / Seemed pretty nice / And then it went white / The Wild West begins where your body ends / So keep your bandages clean / The Wild West begins right where your body ends / Blacked out in blue jeans / I never rode a horse but I'm sleeping at the saddle shop / And so are most of my friends / The Wild West begins right where your body ends / That's where the Wild West begins