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