Shoeshine Man Lyrics

The song Shoeshine Man is performed by Tom T. Hall in the album named Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher in the year 1995 .



Well, I met the man in Montgomery, Alabama
I was waitin' on a bus and he was shinin' shoes
And I heard him say

I'm a shoeshine man, number one in the land
A shoeshine man, make you shine where you stand
Leave me a tip if you can, I'm a shoeshine man

Well, I can sing, I can dance, I can play the harmonica too
I got a brand new thing called the southside Montgomery Blues
You better stick around and watch me 'cause I'm an entertainin' fool

I'm a shoeshine man, number one in the land
A shoeshine man, make you shine where you stand
Leave me a tip if you can, I'm a shoeshine man

Well, I learned my trade from that rag-poppin' daddy of mine
He shined a pair of alligators, made a hundred-dollar bill one time
Said, "When that meat gets scarce, I shine two or three pairs for a dime"

I'm a shoeshine man, number one in the land
A shoeshine man, make you shine where you stand
Leave me a tip if you can, I'm a shoeshine man

I had a girl that helped me, she had a lotta hoochie-coochie ways
She was bumpin' and grindin', paid that girl a dollar a day
But she was shy on age and the law come and took her away

I'm a shoeshine man, number one in the land
A shoeshine man, make you shine where you stand
Leave me a tip if you can, I'm a shoeshine man



Tom T. Hall - Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher

Nov 1995

  1. Magnificent Music Machine
  2. A Million Miles To The City
  3. I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew
  4. The Hitch-Hiker
  5. Ballad Of Forty Dollars
  6. I Hope It Rains At My Funeral
  7. Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On
  8. Strawberry Farms
  9. Watergate Blues
  10. I Want To See The Parade
  11. 100 Children
  12. The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
  13. The Son Of Clayton Delaney
  14. The Old Side Of Town
  15. I Can't Dance
  16. Last Of The Drifters
  17. Mama Bake A Pie (Daddy Kill A Chicken)
  18. A Week In A Country Jail
  19. Spokane Motel Blues
  20. Homecoming
  21. Hello, We're Lonely
  22. Down At The Mall
  23. Fox On The Run
  24. Shoeshine Man
  25. Flat-Footin' It
  26. Old Five And Dimers Like Me
  27. Willy The Wandering Gypsy And Me
  28. More About John Henry
  29. Give Her My Best
  30. Pamela Brown
  31. I Flew Over Our House Last Night
  32. Molly And Tenbrooks
  33. The Monkey That Became President
  34. That's How I Got To Memphis
  35. Mama's Got The Catfish Blues
  36. Day Drinkin'
  37. Salute To A Switchblade
  38. Margie's At The Lincoln Park Inn
  39. Subdivision Blues
  40. America The Ugly
  41. Hang Them All (Get The Guilty)
  42. Levi Jones
  43. Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)
  44. I'm Forty Now
  45. Me And Jesus

Shoeshine Man