Cover art for Betty Lou’s Got a New Pair of Shoes by Neil Young and the Shocking Pinks

Betty Lou’s Got a New Pair of Shoes

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Betty Lou’s Got a New Pair of Shoes Lyrics

[Chorus]
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Betty Lou ah-ooh, ah-ooh, ah-ooh
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes

[Verse 1]
Well she walked in the shoe store, kicked off her shoe
Tucked a number twelve, but that wouldn't do

[Chorus]
Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou ah-ooh, ah-ooh, ah-ooh
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes

[Verse 2]
Well, she cracked up over the solid fit
Walkin' down the street with a brand new kit

[Chorus]
Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou ah-ooh, ah-ooh, ah-ooh
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Rock!
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Well, she's walkin' down the street, met an undertaker
He tried to bury Betty in her new shudebakers

[Chorus]
Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou ah-ooh, ah-ooh, ah-ooh
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes

[Verse 4]
Well, she went to a party the other night
Someone stepped on her shudebakers and she started a fight

[Chorus]
Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou ah-ooh, ah-ooh, ah-ooh
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Rock!

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
Well, she walked in the shoe store, gave the man a tip
Said "Go buy yourself a rocket ship"
[Chorus]
Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou ah-ooh, ah-ooh, ah-ooh
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes

[Outro]
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes

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Credits
Recorded At
Studio, Broken Arrow Ranch - Woodside, California (May 24, 1983)
Release Date
July 27, 1983
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