I was 11 old, I was just startin' to walk And daddy always kept, a big stick behind the in case somebody was to come in That was on moonshine
You and daddy had to do something about it Anyway, this woman, we her old Aunt Boyd She come in and she was telling about her Uh, husband, she thinks is going out with this in Paintsville
So she reared back that big stick Showing how she was going To hit this woman in the with it And she went back with it, she hit me in the head
And Mommy said, I cried for 5 And she I, that fifth night I had a great big knot show up in the middle of my forehead
And, you know, the only thing I I dont remember no pain, but I remember mommy And daddy me in this old quilt That Mommy had made out of
The knots kept bigger and bigger And she me to the doctor And stuff called mesitor, something like that Mommy said it both ears Flat to my and I aint got very big ears
And them, Mommy That I that I was going to die And that happened like four So I didnt till I was almost 5 It was, it was kind of a
Oh, I forgot the shoes Well, shoot, I hadnt, Id never had a of shoes And Mommy had went, took me to the You know, to see that was
If couldnt do something, but they wouldnt keep me Because Mommy and didnt have no money just tell em to take me home and let me die, you know Because there wasnt nothing they could do That kind of disease, I
And, um, mommy daddy, says, Ted, you take her Down the street, you her down the street" And said, Let me try this here And Mommy in and told them the story that I was dying
she had to carry me twelve miles to town And twelve miles back and that I had no That place, I it was Murphys 5 and 10 And theyre still there in Paintsville,
And I think they told Mommy That they wasnt in business to give shoes told daddy, says, Carry Loretta on down a little farther Said, And let me in another store"
And Mommy went right back to the store When the guys back was turned she stole these little red And I on the bigold bridge that went across the river It went way up and was
Ive always been scared of bridge That took me the big Sandy River Mommy pulled them out under That yellow jacket that she was
And she was putting red shoes on me And I thought them was the prettiest things I saw in my life And daddy started and I wondered why And he said, Clerie, were not going to it home
And mommy put the shoes on me and took off running And run all the way ahead Holler with me And Mommy had a chance to carry me any farther And thats almost twelve miles that run with me
But daddy knew that the cops was to get us He left Mommy standing and he off in a dead run I remember him running but I didnt know for And I remember asking mommy, Mommy, why is Daddy
I remember her hollering, To put little red shoes away Honey, you get home Can you believe that? So I wrote a song called Put My Little Red Shoes You know, my little red shoes And I dont want em to get to be