I was 11 old, I was just startin' to walk And daddy always kept, a big stick the door Just in case somebody was to in That was drunk on
You know and daddy had to do something it Anyway, this woman, we her old Aunt Boyd She come in and she was mommy about her Uh, husband, she thinks is going out with this woman in
So she reared back with that big mommy how she was going To hit this woman in the head it And when she went with it, she hit me in the head
And Mommy said, I cried for 5 And she said I, that night I had a great big knot that up Right in the middle of my
And, you know, the thing I remember I remember no pain, but I just remember mommy And daddy carrying me in this old That Mommy had made out of
The knots kept getting bigger and And she took me to the And that stuff called mesitor, like that Mommy said it made ears Flat to my face and I aint got very big
And them, Mommy I would that I was going to die And that happened like four So I didnt till I was almost 5 It was, it was of a mess
Oh, I forgot about the Well, shoot, I hadnt, Id had a pair of shoes And Mommy had went, took me to the You know, to see that was
If they couldnt do something, but wouldnt keep me Because and Daddy didnt have no money They just em to take me home and let me die, you know Because there wasnt nothing they could do That of disease, I guess
And, um, mommy told daddy, says, Ted, you her the street, you carry her down the street" And said, Let me try this store And Mommy went in and told them the that I was dying
That she had to carry me twelve to town And twelve miles back and that I had no That place, I it was Murphys 5 and 10 And theyre there in Paintsville, Kentucky
And I think they told Mommy That they in business to give shoes away Mommy told daddy, says, Carry on down a little farther Said, And let me stop in store"
And Mommy went right back to the same When the guys was turned she stole these little red shoes And I remember on the bigold bridge went across the river It went way up and was
Ive always been scared of that That took me the big Sandy River Mommy pulled out from under That yellow that she was wearing
And she was putting them red on me And I thought them was the prettiest things I saw in my life And daddy started crying and I why And he said, Clerie, were not to make it home
And put the shoes on me and daddy took off running And run all the way tButcher Holler with me And Mommy never had a to carry me any farther And thats almost twelve that daddy run with me
But daddy knew the cops was going to get us He left Mommy standing and he off in a dead run I remember him but I didnt know what for And I remember mommy, Mommy, why is Daddy running?
I remember her hollering, To put little red shoes away Honey, you get home Can you believe that? So I a song called Put My Little Red Shoes Away You know, my little red shoes And I dont want em to get to be