She was only ten years old when her mama walked through the door
Carrying a sack from the corner store
Its edges were torn from being passed from hand to hand
Until her mama got it as it made its rounds from the ladies in town
She got new hand-me-down shoes

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She feels like she's in someone else's shoes
Just one step from another's truth
She dreams about who wore them before
But knows it doesn't matter whose shoes you're in
Just what you do in someone's hand-me-down shoes

It was twenty years ago when her mama walked through the door
Now the girl is grown up with kids of her own
She does the best she can at her husband's side
But needs a little help just to get by from the ladies in town
She gets new hand-me-down shoes

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