Slim Dusty – Lace Up Shoes (Guitar)

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Let me tell you a little story bout the way things used to be

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My Dad took me to Sydney back in 1943

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He said Son you’re not wearing those  they’d call us bush galoots

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If you went out and walked about in those high-heeled riding boots

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But I stand back and laugh today at the way that times have changed

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So many town-folk dressed as if they just stepped off the range

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But that day back in 43 I could not pick and choose

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The day me old man made me wear a pair of lace up shoes

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We went out  to regal Zonophone on Parramatta road

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We walked along Columbia lane where some famous feet have strode

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But the man in charge was not impressed, Don’t call us we’ll call you

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And to make things worse my feet still hurt from those dammed new lace-up shoes

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And there were soldiers everywhere in town six o’clock was closing time

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And if you didn’t tip everywhere you went the yanks won all the time

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I was pushed along as I dreamed of home where the skies were clean and blue

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Far away from this rat race in town and big mobs with lace-up shoes

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But I stand back and laugh today at the way that times have changed

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So many town-folk dressed as if they just stepped off the range

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But that day back in 43 I could not pick and choose

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The day my old man made me wear a pair of lace-up shoes

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Now as I look back on the singing track since 1943

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The harder I worked, you know old mate, the luckier I seemed to be

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But I’ve always sung of the old home run in the best was that I knew

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But I still feel bad when I think of Dad and those dammed new lace-up shoes

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Yeah I stand back and laugh today at the way that times have changed

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So many town-folk dressed as if they just stepped off the rage

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I’ve lived my life with few regrets, the same again I’d choose

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And Be flat as a tack in this old felt hat with my pair of Williams shoes.