Oh yeah, and then there’s Vans Song 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… *
I see “Your Nashville Sneakers” by The Guess Who was already mentioned. They have another one, called “Those Show Biz Shoes”. Amazing song!
Did anybody mention “High Heel Sneakers”? Written by Higgenbotham, performed by a bunch of different acts, including the Stones and the Dead.
(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…”
:smack: Oh, yeah. Brainfade, that. Haven’t heard that album in a coon’s age.
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
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,”
“Flyin’ Shoes” by Townes Van Zandt.
Nope, wasn’t me; must be another wacko around. 
My shoes are…on top of the world
My shoes are…
The guy who wrote post #68 apparently knows the tune. 
This film 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. (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.
*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”
John Denver did a version of this too. And googling it looks like plenty of others! Arlo Guthrie, Phil Ochs, John Gorka…
“Paper in My Shoe” - Boozoo Chavis
“Girl Shoes” - Chenille Sisters
“Someone Else’s Shoes” - Martha & The Muffins
“Cool Shoes” - Ravyns