No New Shoes Lyrics - Earle Stacey

No new shoes today 

She wears the same ones as yesterday 

And the day before 

Her red dress zipped up half her back 

Any further might leave the track 

As silver threads of Rik n' Rak spun around the floor 

If she'd squint her eyes a' tight enough 

Quicksilver turned to diamonds in the rough 

Spreading out the fairy dust 

Through the kitchen, down the hall 

Build a mansion with them great big tall walls 

Dressed up like a Baby Doll, it's tea for two 

And it was all that 

She didn't know 

Not what she didn't have 

All could only leave her 

Room to grow 

If only she knew what she had 

A little late for sweet sixteen, at least she 

Made it to the ball, and as she bowed before the queen 

Queen said "Gearle, have a sit, but 

Wear the shoe only if it fits" 

Then, laughed at her own quick wit 

She was over thrown and frostbit' 

Standing there with a hole in her soul 

She left, bare to the bone 

I guess her feet grew cold