Verse 1:
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Long time ago when I was young
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I bought a guitar in the little shop in town
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and I went home and practiced every day
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and not before too long i started writing songs that I would play

Chorus 1:
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Everyone who heard my songs
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told me that it wouldn't be too long
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before I would be a famous music writer

And every night I sat alone
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Listening to the radio
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And then I thought soon it will be my turn

Verse 2:
Each night when folks came to my place
I picked my guitar up and played the songs I've made
I was told I'd be a millionaire
And when they heard my songs they said it won't be too long until you're there

Chorus 2:
Worn out shoes still got the blues
Every day now is a fight I lose
I guess I turned out to be a lousy fighter

When I came to this big town
All important people put me down
And I was told I'm a no good writer

Bridge:
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All the letters that I write to my folks are full of lies
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when I'm writing about the fortune that I made
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When I left my mama said silly boy don't lose your head
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now I'm wishing by my god that I had stayed

Verse 3:
Longtime ago when I was young
I bought a guitar in the little shop in town
and when I touch its old and tired strings
It sounds so sad and wrong just like the lonely songs I always sing

Chorus 3:
Worn out shoes still got the blues
Every day now is a fight I lose
I guess I turn out to be a lousy fighter

When I came to this big town
All important people put me down
And I was told I'm a no good writer

Worn out shoes still got the blues...