What is the 1986 Country music song with lyrics shoestring you got your hat on backwards?

Answer 1

Mel McDaniel

He lived down by the railroad track

Had an old stove in a one room shack

Shoe string was the only name he had

When I skipped school he'd take my fishing

Sittin' on creek bank talkin' and wishin'

Things were good whenever times got bad

And the people say shoe string you ain't got no money

Shoe string you can't hang around here

Shoe string you got your hat on backwards

He knows more than most folks do

He don't talk unless you ask him to

When the winter comes and the wind blows mean

Shoe string hops that southbound train

Rides it down below that Florida line

Well he's laying low and picking fruit

Sleeping in his worn shoes

But he'll always come back summer time

And the folks say shoe string you ain't got no money...

Last time I looked and found him gone

Folks said he's in an old folks home

Shoe string done retired on Uncle Sam

He's living it up in this private room

Playing checkers and eatin' Prunes

Shoe string ain't no ordinary man

Still the people say shoe string you ain't got no money...

Shoe string you ain't got no money...