I can remember, when the grass was to long to mow
End of summer, I was dying for some snow
I can remember, when I laughed so hard it hurt
I can remember, coming in covered with dirt
[Chorus]
Just a young man
loving life, it was the greatest
Only things I need to understand
Respect my ma-ma
Hold my friends up always highest
Only thing I needed
Was another pair of dirty shoes
Dirty shoes
Light or dark were playing
Out in the sun all day and
Running down to the lake to splish and splash
Down to the corner store where
We can get some candy oh yeah
Baby just run a round, get our bubble gum on
yeeeeaah
Before the sun goes down we’re covering some ground
Catch a couple frogs
dig in the dirt, and be happy cause we found
Another sometime day
Another silly game to play
With my best friend by my side
All we needed were bikes to ride!
[Chorus]
Just a young man
loving life, it was the greatest
Only things I need to understand
Respect my ma-ma
Hold my friends up always highest
Only thing I needed
Was another pair of dirty shoes
Dirty shoes
Muddy high tops, playing out in the park
Little ladies come we didn’t mind it
Playing catch and living the dream yeah
Well the days they just flew by and
Tonka truck out in the sun and
Every sand box, we built a castle in it
[Bridge]
Climbing up trees
And skinnin up our kneeeeeeees
Working on dirty shoes
Compleeeeeeete
Living in the right here and now
Couldn’t seeeeee
What those days would mean to me now
Working on dirty shoes
I remember you
[Final Chorus]
Just a young man
loving life, it was the greatest
Only things I need to understand
Respect my ma-ma
Hold my friends up always highest
Only thing I needed
Was another pair of dirty shoes
Dirty shoes
Working on them with you
Yeeaaaah
Ooooh
Yeeaaah
Dirty shoes