Earle Stacey No New Shoes Lyrics

No New Shoes Lyrics

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



Running out of time

Why, she ran like mad

She ran, she ran

For more than she had

Running harder, trying to leave it all behind her

She ran so far, so nothing could find her

Running till she ran right out of herself

Oh, she ran right into somebody else