Hall, Tom T. - Shoeshine Man Lyrics






Well I met a 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 on the South Side 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...

Well I learned my trade from that rag-poppin' daddy o'mine
He shined twelve alligators made a hundred dollar bill one time
And when the meat gets scarce I shine two or three pairs for a dime
I'm a shoeshine man number one in the land...

I had a girl that helped me she had a lotta hoochy coochy ways
She was bumping and grinding 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...





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  1. B.... W....

    Tom T, don't get the credit he deserves. What a songwriter.

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    Table thumping smash!

  3. g.... s....

    Tom T Hall is a genius storyteller very few will be able to compete with him

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    Tom T Hall!!!

  5. T.... B....

    never gets old

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    Don't forget the coffee billy joe!

  7. B.... A....

    He shined shoes at the whitly motel barber shop i was six years old he was so funny im an old man now and this song takes me back to the barber shop

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    CATFISH .

  9. G.... C....

    Tom t hall from Olive hill ky I'm proud to say I'm from Olive hill also Tom t is the best song writer of all time

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    His wife Dixie is a pretty girl

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    love this

  12. N.... ....

    Straight rock and roll three chord song, four if you put in the 7th.... Obviously Tom T didn't intend it to make it for the rock and roll audience.... great for jamming.

  13. B.... C....

    I'm in a "Tom T" State of Mind, so thank you VERY MUCH, Mr. Steven Spolar for bringing me here! Sometimes you like the artist and then sometimes you like the person who reminds you of the artist. That's you, Sir and thanks very much again from this old rock'n roll drummer! :)

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    Tw shine on

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    My grandparents lived in Hoquiam, Washington, on the Pacific Coast. As a child, I lived with my parents in Colorado, but we drove to Washington every summer to visit. My Dad's folks had a big, lime '70's green 1972 Mercury Marquis with a Ford Factory 8-track player. I loved to hear this song on that 8-track when I was four years old! So much, in fact, that the very first thing I asked Grandma for when we pulled into the driveway a whole year later was to hear "Shoeshine Man" in the Mercury!

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    70Kenny





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    70Kenny





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  16. B.... ....

    Tom T Hall my numero unto.

  17. D.... a....

    My grand dad and I use to listen to Tom T. Hall on his 8-track all the time when I was young. Real country!

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    My son turned me on to Tom T Hall. And I'm thankful..

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    My grand dad put me on this song!

  19. B.... P....

    Great song, one of my favorites. In my opinion Mr. Hall has wrote some of the best songs out there, some of the songs were sung by George Jones, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and even Alan Jackson just to name a few.

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    's Old Hickory cobbling the Hessians name brand high chairs in here, Etta, oar what?

  20. B.... ....

    Great up tempo song.

  21. M.... B....

    The greatest poet of my time.

  22. g.... ....

    HOLY SHIT THIS SONG MAKES MY EARS ORGASM

  23. r.... a....

    I love the story's in all Tom's song's! <3 this...donnamamma in Dayton, Ohio :)

  24. b.... ....

    I like it

  25. j.... m....

    lil ones know good music

  26. D.... J....

    I'm 34 yrs old, when I was little, I had this 45. I bet you I wore this thing out!

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    one of the absolute best songwriters ever bar none !!!!!!!

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    A regular song on my setlist in the 70's. We played all over Kentucky and then back to Northern Indiana.

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    I used to sing this song to my little girls and rock them. they loved it. I thought they had forgotten all about it. Then last night on FB, my daughter put this song on her page, saying it made her think of her mom! I love Tom T Hall

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    @boscoruby, LOL its funny what kids like isn't it? My daughter everytime she sees me on my laptop or desktop computer she will walk up to me and say shoe man daddy, I will say do you want me to play shoeshine man for you and she will shake her head and say uh huh

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    She has good taste, and a good ear..Knows good music when she hears it! She will geaux far

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    @rebeloutlaw2005 That cracks me up. My 2 yr old daughter prefers "Ravishing Ruby".

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    This is my 2 year old daughters favorite song for some odd reason lol