by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

Well, I met the man In Montgomery, Alabama I was waiting on a bus And he was shining shoes And I heard him say I'm a shoeshine man Number one in the land Shoeshine man Make you shine where you stand

by Tom T Hall on album Miscellaneous

Tom T Hall Miscellaneous Shoeshine Man (1970) Well I met the man in Montgomery, Alabama I was waiting on a bus and he was shining shoes And I heard him say I’m a shoeshine man I’m number one

by Tom T. Hall on album Greatest Hits, Volumes 1 & 2

Well, I met the man in Montgomery, Alabama I was waitin' on a bus and he was shinin' shoes And I heard him say I'm a shoeshine man, number one in the land A shoeshine man, make you shine where you st

by Tom T. Hall on album The Essential Tom T. Hall: Twentieth Anniversary Collection/The Story Songs

(This story was told to me by Jerry Clover at the 1971 discjockey convention I told Jerry I's gonna write a song about it My brother Hillman gonna play the cigarette paper and the comb play) (paper &

by Tom T. Hall on album The Essential Tom T. Hall: 20th Anniversary Collection - The Story Songs

(This story was told to me by Jerry Clover at the 1971 discjockey convention I told Jerry I's gonna write a song about it My brother Hillman gonna play the cigarette paper and the comb play) (paper &

by Tom T. Hall on album We All Got Together And ...

(This story was told to me by Jerry Clover at the 1971 discjockey convention I told Jerry I's gonna write a song about it My brother Hillman gonna play the cigarette paper and the comb play) (paper &

by Tom T. Hall on album The Essential: Story Songs

(This story was told to me by Jerry Clover at the 1971 discjockey convention I told Jerry I's gonna write a song about it My brother Hillman gonna play the cigarette paper and the comb play) (paper &

by Hall Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

Hall Tom T. Miscellaneous That's How I Got To Memphis If you love somebody enough You'll follow wherever they go That's how I got to Memphis That's how I got to Memphis If you love somebody en

by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

Had my golf clubs on my shoulder When you saw me first today Wearin' my old army sweater That you thought you threw away And when you saw me standin' there You shook your head and sighed When you saw

by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

The man who preached the funeral Said it really was a simple way to die He laid down to rest one afternoon And never opened up his eyes They hired me and Fred and Joe To dig the grave and carry up so

by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

One time I spent a week inside a little country jail And I don't guess I'll ever live it down I was sittin' at a red light when these two men came and got me And said that I was speeding through their

by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

"How old do you think I am?" he said I said, "Well, I didn't know" He said, "I turned 65 about 11 months ago" I was sittin' in Miami pourin' blended whiskey down When this old gray black gentleman was

by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

Me and Jesus, got our own thing goin' Me and Jesus, got it all worked out Me and Jesus, got our own thing goin' We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about I know a man, who once was a sinne

by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

Me and Yates, an army buddy o'mine Were doin' three years in Germany at the time We came upon these Frauleins in the bar Yates said, "Darf isch zee be-gleit-en", they said, "Ya" (And darf isch zee be-

by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

Ravishing Ruby, she'd been around for awhile Ravishing Ruby, she was a truckstop child Born in the back of a rig, somewhere near L.A. Ravishing Ruby, you poured a lot of hot coffee in your day Ravish

by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

Mama likes to listen to the grand old gospel time Daddy is a cowboy drinkin' beer and wine Mama's in the kitchen standin' there all alone She got Jesus on the radio and daddy on the phone Daddy says,

by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

I guess, I should've written, Dad To let you know that I was comin' home I've been gone so many years I didn't realize you had a phone I saw your cattle comin' in Boy, they're looking mighty fat and

by Hall Tom T. on album For The People In The Last Hard Town

Back when we were young everybody came to see us Everybody wanted to be us back when we were young We loved each other so all our friends told one another And we even told each other back when we were

by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

I want to tell you all a story 'Bout a Harper Valley widowed wife Who had a teenage daughter Who attended Harper Valley Junior High Well her daughter came home one afternoon And didn't even stop to p

by Hall, Tom T. on album Miscellaneous

I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died They said, for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried It made a big impression on me, although I was a barefoot kid They said, he got religion at t