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Artist/Band: Tim O'Brien
Lyrics for Song: Kelly Joe's Shoes
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Tim O'Brien



I have a friend lives up in Portland, I stayed there with him one time

He had a new a pair of high-top sneakers,

didn't fit him but they fit me fine

I laced up his Converse sneakers, we drove down the California line

After we played a little gig in Chico, he headed home, he left me behind



Chorus:

Said take these shoes and be on your way

It looks like you've got travelin' to do

Come back and see me some other day

Tell me all about where they took you to



Now I had a lot of fun in those black Chuck Taylors

A finer shoe has never been worn

I can see where I've been in the color fadin'

I can what I learned where they're frayed and worn

I walked off the tread on the concrete pavement

Of London, and Dublin, and New York town

I shook out the sand from the ocean beaches,

I left it on the floor of an airport lounge



Chorus



Today it rained at the bluegrass fester

It was squishy squashin through the fields all day

I rinsed them out in the cool lake water, I washed that mountain mud away

Now I'm sittin' in a friendly kitchen, the wind outside it howls and blows

I'll let em dry by a cozy fire, and warm my soaked and wrinkled toes



Chorus



These are shoes that like to travel, no tellin' where they'll take me to

They're still not done scratchin' gravel

They still gotta show me a thing or two



Chorus


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Tim O'Brien


Tim O'Brien
"Other Songs - Tim O'Brien"


1. A House Of Gold
2. Angel Band
3. Another Day
4. Bending Blades
5. Blackest Crow
6. Brother Wind
7. Climbing Up A Mountain
8. Cluck Old Hen
9. Daddy's On The Roof Again
10. Demon Lover
11. Don't Be Surprised
12. Drunkard's Hiccups (Jack Of Diamonds)
13. Every Tear Has A Reason Why
14. Fair Margaret And Sweet William
15. Family History
16. Fell Into Her Deep Blue Eyes
17. Few Are Chosen
18. First Days Of Fall
19. Five Rooms
20. Flora, The Lily Of The West
21. Footsteps So Near
22. For The Fallen
23. Handsome Molly
24. Hard Year Blues
25. Heartbreak Game
26. Hold To A Dream
27. How Come I Ain't Dead
28. I Like The Way You Cook
29. I'm Not Gonna Forget You
30. I've Endured
31. Ireland's Green Shore
32. John Riley
33. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
34. Kelly Joe's Shoes
35. Kick Me When I'm Down
36. Let Love Take You Back Again
37. Lone Tree Standing
38. Long Distance
39. Lost Little Children
40. Love Is Pleasing
41. Maggie's Farm
42. Me And Dirk's Trip To Ireland
43. Melancholy Moon (Not)
44. Mick Ryan's Lament
45. Mole In The Ground
46. Mountaineer Is Always Free
47. Nellie Kane
48. One Girl Cried
49. One Way Street
50. Orphan Girl
51. Queen Of Hearts
52. Raleigh And Spencer
53. Restless Spirit Wandering
54. Ribbon In Your Hair
55. River Of Blood
56. Rock In A Weary Land
57. Rod Mcneil
58. Romance Is A Slow Dance
59. Shadows Of Light
60. She's Runnin' Away
61. Skillet Good And Greasy
62. Stagger Lee
63. Talkin' Cavan
64. The Church Steeple [High On A Hillside]
65. The Farmer's Cursed Wife
66. The Perfect Place To Hide
67. The Tide Flows Into Miltown
68. Think About Last Night
69. Time To Learn
70. Travelers
71. Turning Around
72. Two Journeys
73. Wagoner's Lad
74. Walk Beside Me
75. Wayfarin' Stranger
76. What Does The Deep Sea Say
77. When I Die I'll Live Again
78. Working On A Building