Shoestring Lyrics - Singles - Mel Mcdaniel

He lived down by the railroad track 

Had an old wood stove and a one room shack 

Shoestring was the only name he had 

When I'd skip school he'd take me fishin' 

Sittin' on a creek bank talkin' and wishin' 

Things were good whenever times got bad 

And the people say 

Shoestring, you ain't got no money 

Shoestring, ya can't hang around here 

Shoestring, ya got your hat on backwards 

He knows more than most folks do 

But he don't talk unless you ask him to 

When the winter comes and the wind blows mean 

Shoestring hops that southbound train 

Rides it down below that Florida line 

But he's layin' low and pickin' fruit 

Sleepin' in his worn out shoes 

But he'll always come back come summertime 

And the folks say 

Shoestring, you ain't got no money 

Shoestring, ya can't hang around here 

Shoestring, ya got your hat on backwards 

He knows more than most folks do 

But he don't talk unless you ask him to 

Last time I looked and found him gone 

Folks said he's in an old folks home 

Shoestring done retired on Uncle Sam 

He's livin' it up in his private room 

Playin' checkers and eatin' prunes 

Shoestring ain't no ordinary man 

Still the people say 

Shoestring you ain't got no money 

Shoestring ya can't hang around here 

Shoestring ya got your hat on backwards 

He knows more than most folks do 

But he don't talk unless you ask him to 

Shoestring, you ain't got no money 

Shoestring, ya can't hang around here 

Shoestring, ya got your hat on backwards 

He knows more than most folks do 

But he don't talk unless you ask him to