written while I lived in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, may 2024

starting with this pair of shoes
I'll liberate the world with you
some girls make a man pay
me and my baby know a better way
shoplifting baby, you stole my heart away

I'll never go hungry
with my baby around
if I asked her she'd rob
every store in town
shoplifting baby you stole my heart away

shoplifting baby, always gets away
shoplifting baby, lives just for today

no need to worry
no need to go without
when my girl goes shoppin
she gets the five finger discount
I know I'd be rich for the rest of my life
if I could only make her my shoplifting wife
shoplifting baby you stole my heart away