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Track: Charlie's Shoes
Artist: Billy Walker
Album: The Tall Texan Sings His Songs

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Name: Billy Walker
Spotify Genres: classic country, traditional country, honky tonk
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American country singer and guitarist. [b]For session guitarist and producer, see [a=Billy Joe Walker Jr.][/b]. Born January 14, 1929 in Ralls, Texas. Died May 21, 2006 in Fort Deposit, Alabama. Best-known for his 1962 hit [i](I'd Like To Be In) Charlie's Shoes[/i]. He was nicknamed The Tall Texan, Walker had more than 30 charted records during a nearly 60-year career; and was a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry. Walker died, along with his wife, when the van he was driving back to Nashville after a performance in Foley, Alabama veered off Interstate 65 in Fort Deposit and overturned.

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Release: Billy Walker - Charlie's Shoes
Year: 1970
Genres: Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Country

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LYRICS

I'd like to be in Charlie's shoes, that's what I always said
'Cause he had you and everything tied with a golden thread
Then Charlie left and went away and when I got the news
It wasn't long till I was walking 'round in Charlie's shoes
Now I'm wearing out the shoes that Charlie wore
Walking back and forth across the floor
The troubles that drove him away, I've got for company
These nights in Charlie's shoes are killing me

The greener grass that turned my head so swiftly did turn brown
'Cause every little dream I've built she's always tearing down
I never knew old Charlie's shoes could have so many tacks
Of disappointing sorrows and I wish he had 'em back

'Cause I'm wearing out the shoes that Charlie wore
Walking back and forth across the floor
The troubles that drove him away, I've got for company
These nights in Charlie's shoes are killing me