# Songs about shoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395 "2006-04-12T16:26:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/61 "2006-04-13T13:55:08Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > **My Shoes** (_The Bobs_) How could I have forgotten?!? I thought I was the only Bobs fan on the boards. Pleased to meetcha! ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/62 "2006-04-13T14:03:52Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/63 "2006-04-13T14:05:03Z")
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._) ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/64 "2006-04-13T15:19:39Z")
> [@Only Mostly Dead](#): > > 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…” ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/65 "2006-04-13T15:20:43Z")
No **W** , not not. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/66 "2006-04-13T15:41:35Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > “Don’t drink don’t smoke…” What _do_ you do? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/67 "2006-04-13T19:03:05Z")
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!_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/68 "2006-04-14T03:57:44Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/69 "2006-04-14T04:06:29Z")
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.” ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/70 "2006-04-14T04:44:01Z")
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.”_) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/71 "2006-04-14T12:46:05Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > 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? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/72 "2006-04-14T19:07:41Z")
**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 ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/73 "2006-04-14T21:43:39Z")
**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. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/74 "2006-04-14T22:04:54Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/75 "2006-04-14T22:26:55Z")
> [@NoCoolUserName](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/76 "2006-04-14T23:06:26Z")
> [@NoCoolUserName](#): > > 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) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/77 "2006-04-15T01:26:38Z")
Since just referencing shoes appears to be allowed, _One Life_ by The Pillows. > [@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 ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/78 "2006-04-15T02:08:10Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > _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)? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/79 "2006-04-15T02:20:29Z")
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?~ ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/80 "2006-04-15T02:31:27Z")
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.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395.md?page=5)