Shoe String - Mel McDaniel & Oklahoma Wind, Mel McDaniel, Oklahoma Wind

He lived down by the railroad track

Had an old wood stove and a one room shack

Shoestring was the only name he had

When I’d skip school he’d take me fishin'

Sittin' on a creek bank talkin' and wishin'

Things were good whenever times got bad

And the people say

Shoestring you ain’t got no money!

Shoestring ya can’t hang around here!

Shoestring ya got your hat on back’rds!

He knows more than most folks do

But he don’t talk unless you ask him to

When the winter comes and the wind blows mean

Shoestring hops that southbound train

Rides it down below that Florida line

But he’s layin' low and pickin' fruit

Sleepin' in his worn out shoes

But he’ll always come back come summertime

And the folks say

Shoestring you ain’t got no money!

Shoestring ya can’t hang around here!

Shoestring ya got your hat on back’rds!

He knows more than most folks do

But he don’t talk unless you ask him to

Last time I looked and found him gone

Folks said he’s in an old folks home

Shoestring done retired on Uncle Sam

He’s livin' it up in his private room

Playin' checkers and eatin' prunes

Shoestring ain’t no ordinary man

Still the people say

Shoestring you ain’t got no money!

Shoestring ya can’t hang around here!

Shoestring ya got your hat on back’rds!

He knows more than most folks do

But he don’t talk unless you ask him to

Shoestring you ain’t got no money!

Shoestring ya can’t hang around here!

Shoestring ya got your hat on back’rds!

He knows more than most folks do

But he don’t talk unless you ask him to