Shoeshine Man By Tom T. Hall rmofle at satx.rr.com 4/25/2005 Spoken: Well I met the man in Montgomery, Alabama I was waiting on a bus and he was shining shoes And I heard him say:
Chorus: G I'm a shoeshine man, number one in the land C G A shoeshine man, make you shine where you stand D Leave me a tip if you can G I'm a shoeshine man G Well I can sing, I can dance, I can play the harmonica too C G I got a brand new thing called the Southside Montgomery Blues D G You better stick around and watch me cause I'm an entertaining fool Chorus Well I learned my trade from that rag poppin' daddy of mine Shined a pair of alligators, made a hundred dollar bill one time Says when that meat gets scarce, he'd shine two or three pairs for a dime Chorus I had a girl who helped me, she had a lot of 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 Chorus