Lyric

I found crumbs on the sill

Little sugar in my shoe

Someone baked a crooked house

And it learned my name too

The door was all gumdrop grin

The windows, jam and lace

And every step I took in there

Left a sweet little trace

Hush now, baby

Hear that floor?

One step closer

And I want more

Gingerbread footsteps

Click-clack in my head

Gingerbread footsteps

Lead me straight to bed

Sweet on the tongue

Mean in the heart

Gingerbread footsteps

Tear my night apart

He wore a brown-sugar coat

And a look too sly to trust

Talked like honey from a knife

All charm, no sense, all crust

I laughed when he offered a bite

He said, “Darlin’, take a chance”

But that house had teeth in the stairs

And a grin in every dance

Hush now, baby

Don’t you fall

One more turn

And I’ll want it all

Gingerbread footsteps

Click-clack in my head

Gingerbread footsteps

Lead me straight to bed

Sweet on the tongue

Mean in the heart

Gingerbread footsteps

Tear my night apart

The moon was a powdered dime

Hung low in the pantry glass

I kissed the lie, I kissed the smoke

Then I watched the spellbox crack

Now the walls hum peppermint

And the clock won’t keep its tone

I know that sugar breaks the night

But I keep coming home

Gingerbread footsteps

Click-clack in my head

Gingerbread footsteps

Lead me straight to bed

Sweet on the tongue

Mean in the heart

Gingerbread footsteps

Tear my night apart

Ooh, sugar bones and a sly little grin

Ooh, hear me follow where you’ve been

Gingerbread footsteps

Gingerbread footsteps