歌曲名 Lace-Up Shoes

歌手名 Slim Dusty

作曲：Slim Dusty

Let me tell you a little story bout

The way things used to be

My Dad took me to Sydney back in nineteen forty three

He said son you're not wearing those

They'd call us bush galoots

If you went out and walked about

In those high-heeled riding boots

But I stand back and laugh today

At the way that times have changed

So many town-folk dressed as

If they just stepped off the range

But that day back in forty three

I could not pick and choose

The day my old man made me wear a pair of lace up shoes

We went out to Regal Zonophone on Parramatta Road

We walked along Columbia Lane

Where some famous feet have strode

But the man in charge was not impressed

Don't call us we'll call you

And to make things worse my feet still hurt

From those dammed new lace-up shoes

And there were soldiers everywhere

In town six o'clock was closing time

And if you didn't tip everywhere

You went the yanks won all the time

I was pushed along as I dreamed of home

Where the skies were clean and blue

Far away from this rat race in town

And big mobs with lace-up shoes

But I stand back and laugh today

At the way that times have changed

So many town-folk dressed as

If they just stepped off the range

But that day back in forty three

I could not pick and choose

The day my old man made me wear a pair of lace-up shoes

Now as I look back on the singing track since

Nineteen forty three

The harder I worked you know old mate

The luckier I seemed to be

But I've always sung of the old home run in

The best was that I knew

But I still feel bad when I think of Dad

And those dammed new lace-up shoes

Hey

Yeah I stand back and laugh today

At the way that times have changed

So many town-folk dressed as

If they just stepped off the range

I've lived my life with few regrets

The same again I'd choose

And Be flat as a tack in this old felt hat

With my pair of Williams shoes

Yodel lay oh lay oh lay hey hey