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