# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**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, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/81 "2006-04-15T02:36:41Z")
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… \* ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/82 "2006-04-15T03:20:03Z")
I see “Your Nashville Sneakers” by The Guess Who was already mentioned. They have another one, called “Those Show Biz Shoes”. Amazing song! ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/83 "2006-04-15T03:53:39Z")
Did anybody mention “High Heel Sneakers”? Written by Higgenbotham, performed by a bunch of different acts, including the Stones and the Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/84 "2006-04-15T03:54:12Z")
(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. ---
**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, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/85 "2006-04-15T14:15:52Z")
> [@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. 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…” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/86 "2006-04-15T23:51:19Z")
> [@Antonius Block](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/87 "2006-04-16T04:29:29Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/88 "2006-04-16T05:41:58Z")
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,” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/89 "2006-04-16T06:49:25Z")
“Flyin’ Shoes” by Townes Van Zandt. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/90 "2006-04-16T15:32:02Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > 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… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/91 "2006-04-17T01:34:14Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > (Anyone remember _Golden Slippers_? That’s an old one. The guy who wrote post #68 apparently knows the tune. 😃 [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. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/92 "2006-04-17T07:22:49Z")
\*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” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/93 "2006-04-17T14:09:43Z")
> [@Antonius Block](#): > > 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… ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-shoes/352395/94 "2006-04-20T01:30:56Z")
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