Songs about shoes

[NoCoolUserName]

I don't know why I want to know this, but I do. What are some good songs about, or referencing, shoes?

Here are some of my favorites:

Those Shoes (Eagles)You just want someone to talk to.
They just want to get their hands on you.
You get whatever you choose.
Oh, no you can't do that,
Once you started wearing those shoes.Pretzel Logic (Steely Dan)I stepped up on the platform
The man gave me the news
He said: "You must be joking son
Where did you get those shoes?"

[Casey1505]

My Adidas (http://www.lyricsdepot.com/run-d-m-c/my-adidas.html).

[vetbridge]

Red Shoes (Tom Waits)

She wore red shoes by the drugstore
As the rain splashed the nickel
Spilled like chablis along the midway
Theres a little bluejay
In a red dress, on a sad night

[Dinsdale]

I used to be disgusted
Now I try to be amused

Hell - that used to be my sig!

[mobo85]

Only two threads and yet no mention of that most famous of shoe songs, Elvis Presley's Blue Suede Shoes?

[Scarlett67]

Paul Simon, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

[Moirai]

Obviously, These Boots Were Made for Walkin'.

[Rube E. Tewesday]

"St Louis named a Shoe after Me", by Tom T. Hall:

"St Louis is famous for its shoes don't you know
Loafers and sneakers and they're makin' them all with soul
Honey I walked so doggone much since you set me free
St Louis named a shoe after me"

[Moirai]

Oh wait, you wanted GOOD songs about shoes... sorry about that.

:cool:

[42fish]

"Old Brown Shoe," The Beatles
"Bad Sneakers," Steely Dan
"Boots of Spanish Leather," Bob Dylan

[Cowgirl Jules]

"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under," Shania Twain. Horrible song.

[vetbridge]

In These Shoes? Kirsty MacColl

So I was sitting at a bar in Guadalajara
In walks a guy with a faraway look in his eyes
He said "I've got a powerful horse outside
climb on the back i'll take you for a ride.
I know a little place we can get there
before the break of day."
I said "in these shoes? No way Jose."
I said "honey, let's stay right here."

[Dinsdale]

Not technically shoes, but definitely footwear:

How bout Fairies Wear Boots?

Oh - if we're talking about good songs, Beck (Jeff, for you younguns) seemed to have a thang about Led and Spanish Boots.

[mobo85]

Oh wait, you wanted GOOD songs about shoes... sorry about that.

If you're talking about bad shoe songs, you can't forget These Christmas Shoes or whatever the hell it's called. If Jesus is Lord, I don't think He's going to care if you're wearing fancy shoes when you get to Heaven.

[rockle]

"Flaming Red," by Patty Griffin:
Wore my red shoes
Wore my red shoes again
Getting worn out from
All of the wandering
Worn out and holy
Holy as Jesus
Me and my red shoes
Nothing can please us

[Gordon Urquhart]

Quality Shoe, from Mark Knopfler's record The Ragpicker's Dream is a fun song on what I think is Knopfler's best solo album.

You got your toecaps reinforced with steel
Hard-wearing sole and heel
Make those tired feet feel like new
Take your pick, black or brown
Great for the country or the man in town
You're gonna need a quality shoe.

[Robot Arm]

My Shoes (The Bobs)
My shoes went out with a pair of red high heels last night
My girlfriend just won't understand it
She thinks that I'm the one to blame, but that's not right
My shoes are in control, they planned it
For years my shoes have been my friends
I've taken them around the world and to its ends
Now they're taking me....

[Scarlett67]

Oooh! Phoebe Buffay, Sticky Shoes:

"Sticky shoes, sticky shoes ,
Always make me smile,
Sticky shoes, sticky shoes,
Next time I'll
Avoid the pile!"

:D

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

I am shocked--shocked!!!--that I cannot find the lyrics to the Lemon Pipers' sublime The Shoemaker of Leatherwear Square anywhere on the web. The same album on which that song appears also includes Shoeshine Boy, so it would seem that the Pipers had their minds on their feet. Or something.

[AskNott]

Dusty Boots by Eric Johnson, the folkie, not the guitar wizard.

Walkin' Blues by Robert Johnson
"Woke up this morning, felt around for my shoes."

Betty Lou's Got A New Pair Of Shoes by Neil Young

Bad, I'm Nationwide by ZZ Top
"Sportin' short dresses, wearing spike heel shoes,
Smokin' Lucky Strikes and wearing nylons, too."

Barefoot Fiddler by Johnny Gimble
"Put your shoes on, put your shoes on"

Beverly Hillbillies by Flatt and Scruggs
"Kick your shoes off, set a spell."

My Old Man by The Smothers Brothers
"My old man's a farmer, what do you think about that?
He wears a farmer's shirt, he wears a farmer's hat.
He wears a farmer's pants, he wears a farmer's shoes,
And every Sunday evening, he reads The Farmer's News."

She Just Wants To Dance by Keb' Mo'
"Shuck your shoes and shake your shoulders."

White Boots by Stevie Ray and Jimmie Lee Vaughn

Benny And The Jets by Sir Elton John
"He's got electric boots, a mohair suit,
You know I read it in a magazine."

Brown Shoes Don't Make It by Frank Zappa and The Mothers

Aaand a random quote from GOK, "He knew not shit from Shinola, and his shoes showed the strain."

I could go on, but I have a few things I ought to do today.

[Bippy the Beardless]

Hole in my Shoe : Steve Winwood
The Red Shoes : Kate Bush

Not in the title, but prominent in the lyrics

Let's Dance : David Bowie

[WOOKINPANUB]

Oooh! Phoebe Buffay, Sticky Shoes:

"Sticky shoes, sticky shoes ,
Always make me smile,
Sticky shoes, sticky shoes,
Next time I'll
Avoid the pile!"

:D


Aw, you stole mine Scarlett67, so all i can say is I want to put on my my my my my boogie shoes and boogie with you.

[amarinth]

"Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under," Shania Twain. Horrible song.And still better than her other song "Men Are Like Shoes"

"Boogie Shoes" by KC & the Sunshine Band.

[RealityChuck]

Hole in my Shoe : Steve WinwoodNitpick: performed by Traffic and written by Dave Mason, no Winwood.

How about:

"Excuse my shoes they don’t quite fit
They’re a special offer and they hurt me a bit."
-- Kinks, Low Budget

"He wears tan shoes with pink shoelaces
A polka dot vest and man, oh, man
Tan shoes with pink shoelaces
And a big Panama with a purple hat band"
-- Dodie Stevens, Pink Shoelaces

"What confidence in my new built-up shoes,
So smart for winter or summer.
Undetectable in normal everyday use.
Look out there's a monster coming!"
-- Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Look Out There's a Monster Coming

[Beadalin]

Boogie shoes by KC and the Sunshine Band.

I am ashamed that this is my sole contribution to this thread, but my good ones were already taken. Honest!

[Robot Arm]

Uh, Bead, look two posts above yours.

[fishbicycle]

Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain
("...another town that I'll go walking through, with the rain in my shoes, searching for you...")

Claudja Barry - Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes

Many artists - Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy

The Main Ingredient - Red Shoes

Almost fits the criteria: John Lennon's song "Meat City" started out as a demo called "Shoeshine."

[Beadalin]

Uh, Bead, look two posts above yours.
Oh for the love of Pete!

[Bippy the Beardless]

Nitpick: performed by Traffic and written by Dave Mason, no Winwood.

Totally correct, my bad relying on the first Google link I got.

[Shoeless]

"I Could Have Stood You Up" from Keith Richards' "Talk is Cheap" solo album:

My shoes walk down the street
Only trouble is, they ain't on my feet

[Don Draper]

Boots or Hearts - the Tragically Hip

"Just like boots or hearts/
When they start/
They sure do fall apart!"

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

Kinky Boots by Patrick McNee & Honor Blackman (really (http://www.answers.com/topic/kinky-boots-1)).

[ElvisL1ves]

Mitch Ryder's "Devil with a Blue Dress On":
Wearin' a wig hat and shades to match
She's got high-heel shoes and an alligator hat.

Old-timey bluegrass tune: "My Walkin' Shoes Don't Fit Me Anymore"

From Fats Domino:
It's time I'm walkin' to New Orleans
I'm walkin' to New Orleans
I'm going to need two pair of shoes
When I get through walkin' to you
When I get back to New Orleans

[RealityChuck]

"You've got to put on your sailin shoes
Put on your sailing shoes
Everyone will start to cheer
When you put on your sailin' shoes" --
Little Feat -- Sailin' Shoes

"Wave after wave of pretty girls in high-heeled shoes
And there'd be no more than one or two."
-- Fountains of Wayne, Some Girls Tell Lies

"Put on your high heeled sneakers and put your wig hat on your head
May not win a prize, I'm pretty sure you're gonna knock them dead."
-- Various (including Booker T. and the MGs, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jose Feliciano, etc.) Hi Heel Sneakers

[fishbicycle]

From Fats Domino:
It's time I'm walkin' to New Orleans
I'm walkin' to New Orleans
I'm going to need two pair of shoes
When I get through walkin' to you
When I get back to New Orleans
He's going to need two pairs of shoes when he "gets through walkin' these blues." If you take into account the subject matter of the song, his girl used to be his honey, 'til she took all his money. Now he's poor and love-less and has no alternative but to walk back to New Orleans, his home.

It was fresh on my mind because I recently got the Fats Domino box set.

[Only Mostly Dead]

Elton John "The Boy in the Red Shoes" from his underrated newer-ish album Songs From the West Coast

I'm ashamed to suggest Kenny Loggins "Footloose" from the movie (and Broadway show) of the same name.

Can we count Willie Nelson's "Old Shoe" from the movie Wag the Dog?

[gigi]

Springsteen's Drive All Night:

I swear I'd drive all night again
just to buy you some shoes
and to taste your tender charms
And I just wanna sleep tonight again in your arms

I remember because it always seems a little silly

[pseudotriton ruber ruber]

Al Kooper's "I Bought You The Shoes (you're walking away in)"--may have the title wrong (and Kooper may have just performed it) but that's the line I remember.

[Only Mostly Dead]

Oh, and for downright strange, Loretta Lynn "Little Red Shoes" off of her shining Van Lear Rose.

[caveman]

Get Rhythm - Johnny Cash: About an enthusiastic shoeshine boy

Boor Scoot Boogie - Billy Ray Cyrus: Pure evil

Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top: New shoes are a requirement, apparently

[Homebrew]

The Other Shoe - Old 97s

One old brown shoe falls in slow motion,
And the bedsprings hover right above your head,
As bed springs do, when you're beneath them.
Someone else just climbed into your bed.

By the time she thought you'd probably got to Phoenix,
She'd arranged for your shoes to be filled.
Well you've got your pride, and a blue-steel '45,
And you're waiting for the other shoe to fall.

[Rhiannon8404]

Sensible Shoes by David Lee Roth springs to mind.

Also the line from Madison Blues by George Thorogood.

Ah you babes talk about your Madison shoes
We got a thing we call the Madison blues

[ElvisL1ves]

How could we forget the master, Hank Williams?

Why don't you love me like you used to do?
How come you treat me like a worn-out shoe?
My hair is still curly, my eyes are still blue,
So why don't you love me like you used to do?

[ElvisL1ves]

[/i]By the time she thought you'd probably got to Phoenix,
She'd arranged for your shoes to be filled.[/I]Good entry for the "Songs that Reference Other Songs" thread.

[carlb]

Boogie shoes by KC and the Sunshine Band.

I am ashamed that this is my sole contribution to this thread, but my good ones were already taken. Honest!
No need to be ashamed, because from now on whenever I hear that song I will imagine Felicity Huffman dancing on a bar in tight pants and a vest with no shirt (see Desperate Housewives Episode 2.05). I always had a thing for her before that, but damn, can that woman move!

Back on topic, there's:
"Kick off your high-heeled sneakers, it's party time." - FM by Steely Dan

[Tamarin]

Jill Sobule's Big Shoes

Mary McKay she had Mary Janes
With that patent leather shine
She was known as Tinker Bell
And I was Frankenstein

Big shoes before they were big
Big shoes I'll never forgive
My mother made me wear big shoes

[garygnu]

[Boor Scoot Boogie - Billy Ray Cyrus: Pure evil
I think you mean Boot Scootin' Boogie, and it's by Brooks & Dunn.
If you're gonna insult country music, at least get the names right. :D

[garygnu]

Speaking of which, how 'bout No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems by Kenny Chesney?
Great opening instrumental.

[Beware of Doug]

Back to the Swing Era for a peppy numbah from the Bob Pope Orchestra, the toast of Charlotte, North Carolina, recording for Bluebird 78s in the local RCA dealer's warehouse in 1936.

Breakin' In a Pair of Shoes
words and music by Dave Franklin

Got a date with someone I adore
Now I'm late, I'll bet he's good 'n sore
I could cry, Breakin' In a Pair of Shoes

Some hot band will soon be deliverin'
Givin' out music that's Hot
Should I dance, take a chance
Owwwch! my toot-sies

[blondebear]

Al Kooper's "I Bought You The Shoes (you're walking away in)"--may have the title wrong (and Kooper may have just performed it) but that's the line I remember.That's the song I came here to mention. It's on that great double album of his from 1970: "Easy Does It". He co-wrote it with Irwin Levine and Bob Brass.

[Cherry2000]

Elton John's Who wears these shoes?

My friends all say don't got to pieces
I say that's fine but if I lose
I want to know who's in my foot steps
I want to know who wears these shoes


Joe Cocker's You Can Leave Your Hat On

Baby take off your shoes...I'll take off your shoes...

and a personal favorite, Eartha Kitt's Cha Cha Heels

Don't you mess around with me, I know just what to do
I'll put on my Cha Cha heels
And walk all over you

[caveman]

I think you mean Boot Scootin' Boogie, and it's by Brooks & Dunn.
If you're gonna insult country music, at least get the names right. :D

Typo + Song I Hate + Artist I Hate (Billy Ray, that is, not B&D) = :smack: :smack: :smack: trifecta

[zoogirl]

"Leather Boots" from Flush The Fashion by Alice Cooper

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

No lyrics, but one of the all-time great titles: Charles Mingus, The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers.

[Spoke]

How about "Heard It in a Love Song" by The Marshall Tucker Band:

I ain't never been with a woman long enough
for my boots to get old;
We been together so long now
they both need re-soled

[Only Mostly Dead]

No need to be ashamed, because from now on whenever I hear that song I will imagine Felicity Huffman dancing on a bar in tight pants and a vest with no shirt (see Desperate Housewives Episode 2.05). I always had a thing for her before that, but damn, can that woman move!
Off topic a little more, I thought this was a great little nod to Sports Night, in which Huffman's character Dana got the group kicked out of a bar where they were serving big blue drinks for half off ("I'm not promoting the economic upside so much as I am the chance to drink something big and blue."), and then proceeded to pump the music in their offices and have an impromptu dance party.

[Annie-Xmas]

That theatrical classic Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=278)

[LateComer]

How about "Die with Your Boots On" by Iron Maiden (http://www.lyricstime.com/iron-maiden-die-with-your-boots-on-lyrics.html) from Piece of Mind?

[Quercus]

Since someone beat me to Kirsty McColl, and since we're not looking for only great songs, I'll just throw in for completeness
Bob Dylan's "Boots of Spanish Leather"

[Dinsdale]

I guess we might as well acknowledge that 80's band from Zion, IL ...

[NoCoolUserName]

My Shoes (The Bobs)How could I have forgotten?!?

I thought I was the only Bobs fan on the boards. Pleased to meetcha!

[BubbaDog]

Eddie Money - She takes My Breath Away (http://www.lyricsvault.net/songs/24382.html)

With those high heels,
Man, she makes me feel,
Like a rocket that's off to the moon.

[Only Mostly Dead]

Also Adam Ant "Goody Two Shoes"

And if we're stretching it to a mention of shoes within a song (I suppose it would also count in the Songs Mentioning Other Songs thread, Marc Cohn "Walking In Memphis." (Put on my blue suede shoes, boarded a plane. Touched down in the land of the delta blues in the middle of the pouring rain.)

[Dinsdale]

Also Adam Ant "Goody Two Shoes"


DAMN YOU!
The briefest glance at those words and I involuntarily started bopping in my seat like an idiot. Not that tripe will be with me all day...

"Don't drink don't smoke..."

[Dinsdale]

NoW, not not.

[Biffy the Elephant Shrew]

"Don't drink don't smoke..."
What do you do?

[Zsofia]

None of you guys went to Vacation Bible School?

I got shoes, you got shoes
All of God's children got shoes to wear
When I get to heaven gonna put on my shoes
Gonna walk all over God's heaven, heaven, heaven!

[Sternvogel]

The Guess Who -- Your Nashville Sneakers (http://www.sing365.com/music/Lyric.nsf/Your-Nashville-Sneakers-lyrics-The-Guess-Who/A24D2D2BEC5000CA48256CE9002D33B9)

John Fogerty's Centerfield -- "Got a beat-up glove, a homemade bat, and a brand-new pair of shoes" (http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/john_fogerty/centerfield.html)

Alan Jackson's Gone Country -- "He's gone country, look at them boots" (http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/jackson-alan/gone-country-6530.html)

David Essex's Rock On -- "Jump up and down in my blue suede shoes" (http://www.lyricsstyle.com/d/davidessex/rockon.html)

Steve Miller Band's Fly Like an Eagle -- "Shoe the children/ With no shoes on their feet" (http://www.lyricsstyle.com/s/stevemillerband/flylikeaneagle.html)

Mac Davis's Poor Boy Boogie -- "Poor boy got boogie-woogie bubblin' in his shoes" (http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/m/macdavis5273/poorboyboogie221775.html) (although it sounds more like "born right in his shoes", and the site's substitution of "juice harp" for "Jew's harp" doesn't exactly give me confidence in the transcriber)

James Bland's composition Oh Dem Golden Slippers can be heard here. (http://freepages.music.rootsweb.com/~edgmon/stgoldenslippers.htm)

[jsgoddess]

Bart Davenport's New Cool Shoes (http://www.emp3world.com/mp3/29618/Bart%20Davenport/%20New%20Cool%20Shoes), with the very strange line "She's got such brave puppies."

[Only Mostly Dead]

And dipping into Broadway (courtesy of Zsofia's religious mention): Godspell "By My Side." (I'll put a pebble in my shoe, and watch me walk...I will take him from my shoe, singing "meet your new road.")

[Zeldar]

Only two threads and yet no mention of that most famous of shoe songs, Elvis Presley's Blue Suede Shoes?

Actually, Elvis sang this to the top of the charts, but it's really Carl Perkins's song. Elvis always felt Carl deserved more credit for it.

For an informative interview with Perkins, and some more details about the song, CLICK HERE (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1382108).

Have you ever wondered if Blue Swede is derived from Blue Suede?

[Equipoise]

Victoria Williams - Shoes:
If I have to go somewhere
I don't take an extra pair
Of shoes
Cause if I need another pair
I can get them anywhere



Also Victoria Williams - Polish Those Shoes



Noe Venable - Boots:
and I remember how it feels
I always stop and remember but I do it again
and I jump up and slap my heels
cause I have my boots on

[SurrenderDorothy]

Antique High Heel Red Doll Shoes by Rasputina

Metal head, mohair wig, rubber pants, I cry I dance.
Dantier, smarter, better dressed.
Antique High Heel Red Doll Shoes.
Rosy cheek and ruby lip, better than banana split.
Dantier, smarter, better dressed.
Antique High Heel Red Doll Shoes.

great song. I love it.

[NoCoolUserName]

Let me just state here and now that I had no idea that shoes were so important in music. That's a lot of songs!

Are there any other items of clothing that are big in music?

[Spoke]

Are there any other items of clothing that are big in music?

Start a thread and see. I'm sure there are lots of songs that mention rings, and skirts, and coats/jackets, and hats.

[Robot Arm]

How could I have forgotten?!?

I thought I was the only Bobs fan on the boards. Pleased to meetcha!The pleasure is mine. Was it you who had "she puts the mascara on the eye of the storm" as your .sig?

When I saw "songs about shoes", that was the only one that jumped out in my mind. I mean, I could probably come up with some individual lyrics, but that's literally a song about shoes.

And just remembered another one...

Socks and Sandals (Graham Parker)

[Sage Rat]

Since just referencing shoes appears to be allowed, One Life by The Pillows.


どんな靴を履いてても
歩けば僕の足跡
立ち止まれば それまで
僕か終る印

No matter the shoes I wear
It's still my footprints where I go
If I stop, then right there
A sign of where I end

[Antonius Block]

Dusty Boots by Eric Johnson, the folkie, not the guitar wizard.Do you by any chance mean Thirsty Boots (http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/thirsty-boots.html) by Eric Andersen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Andersen)?

[John Carter of Mars]

This thread needs a little more country:

I walk and cry while my heartbeat
Keeps time with the drag of my shoes
The sun never shines through this window of mine
You'll find me at the home of the blues
~Johnny Cash~

My arms keep reaching for you
My heart keeps aching for you
My lips keep calling for you
And my shoes keep walking back to you
~Ray Price~

Dancin' shoes, You just gave me the blues
Gonna find me a brand new girl
And a brand new pair of dancin' shoes
~Hank Locklin and others~

Piano-roll blues, I danced holes in my shoes
There weren't another other way to be
For lovable losers, no account boozers
And honky-tonk heroes like me
~David Allen Coe?~

[Spoke]

Has anyone mentioned "Walk a Mile in My Shoes (http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/w/walk_a_mile_in_my_shoes.txt) by Joe South?

Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
Yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes

(Not a song literally about shoes, of course.)

[Spoke]

Oh yeah, and then there's Vans Song (http://www.lyricsdownload.com/suicide-machines-vans-song-lyrics.html) by Suicide Machines:

Vans in my head
Vans on my feet
My sole is on the ground when I’m walking down the street 2, 3, 4
Don’t wear no Doc Martens
Can’t wear no Birkenstocks
Just a crummy old pair of chuka boots and a smelly old pair of socks…

[fishbicycle]

I see "Your Nashville Sneakers" by The Guess Who was already mentioned. They have another one, called "Those Show Biz Shoes". Amazing song!

[Stratocaster]

Did anybody mention "High Heel Sneakers"? Written by Higgenbotham, performed by a bunch of different acts, including the Stones and the Dead.

[Zoe]

(Aside to John Carter of Mars: these Nashville sneakers were in Toomer's Drugstore for a BLT and a limeade last week.)

Anyone remember Golden Slippers? That's an old one.

[John Carter of Mars]

(Aside to John Carter of Mars: these Nashville sneakers were in Toomer's Drugstore for a BLT and a limeade last week.)

Anyone remember Golden Slippers? That's an old one.

I was last in Toomer's during the Wreck Tech parade in September. Good parade, good lemonade, but the game turned sour.

"Oh, dem golden slippers
Golden slippers I'm gwine ta' wear
Ta' walk dem golden streets..."

[AskNott]

Do you by any chance mean Thirsty Boots (http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/thirsty-boots.html) by Eric Andersen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Andersen)?
:smack: Oh, yeah. Brainfade, that. Haven't heard that album in a coon's age.

[as_u_wish]

Three contributions:

Jerry Jeff Walker,

Charlie Dunn, he's the one to see
Charlie Dunn boots that are on my feet
It makes Charlie real pleased
To see me walkin' with ease
Charlie Dunn--he's the one to see

Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville

I blew out my flip flop
Stepped on pop top
Cut my heal had to head on back home
But there's booze in the blender
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on...

And for those whose minds are a bit twisted,

Shoo fly, don't bother me
Shoo fly don't bother me
Shoo fly don't bother me
Cuz I belong to somebody

[fishbicycle]

If we're going for really nebulous references, look for just about any song that uses the word "blues." They have to rhyme it with something.

"Old man rhythm is in my shoes
There's no use in sittin' and singin' the blues
Be my guest, you've got nothing to lose
Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise
Oo wee, oo wee baby,,,"

[The Universe Lashes Out]

"Flyin' Shoes" by Townes Van Zandt.

[NoCoolUserName]

The pleasure is mine. Was it you who had "she puts the mascara on the eye of the storm" as your .sig?Nope, wasn't me; must be another wacko around. :)

My shoes are...on top of the world
My shoes are...

[Sternvogel]

(Anyone remember Golden Slippers? That's an old one.

The guy who wrote post #68 apparently knows the tune. :D

This film (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076582/) takes its title from the infamous Earl Butz comment that forced Gerald Ford's Secretary of Agriculture to resign. The film featured a song whose lyrics included Butz's three-item list. (http://tafkac.org/celebrities/butz_racist_remark.html) (Second link contains potentially NSFW language.) Incidentally, Butz is still not only alive, but active at the age of 96 -- he attends Kiwanis meetings with a couple of local guys I know.

[flodnak]

You can scratch up my records, you can drink my booze
But baby, please don't wear those shoes
You can make me an offer I can't refuse
But darling, please don't wear those shoes
You can play your bongos while I'm trying to snooze
But honey, please don't wear those shoes
You can expose yourself on the six o' clock news
But please, please don't wear those shoes

I said oh, no...oh, no...oh, no, don't wear those shoes
I said oh, no...oh, no...oh, no, don't wear those shoes...

Weird Al Yankovic, "Don't Wear Those Shoes" :D

[gigi]

Do you by any chance mean Thirsty Boots (http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/thirsty-boots.html) by Eric Andersen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Andersen)?
John Denver did a version of this too. And googling it looks like plenty of others! Arlo Guthrie, Phil Ochs, John Gorka...

[dbygawdcapn]

"Paper in My Shoe" - Boozoo Chavis
"Girl Shoes" - Chenille Sisters
"Someone Else's Shoes" - Martha & The Muffins
"Cool Shoes" - Ravyns