dbred doug baron puts on elton johns red shoes

‘the ballad of the boy with the red shoes’

enjoy this beautiful, stripped down, acoustic rendtion of a relatively unknown gem of a song by elton john called ‘the ballad of the boy with red shoes’.  doug yanks and pulls the emotion from the song effortlessly, as he proudly strums his guitar.  in a world of such overprocessed reality, it is undeniably refreshing and absolutely necessary to still get a chance to witness magic like this.  doug is a member of the status quotient here on the house of dandridge.  check his new blog and find many a link to listen, purchase and enjoy his music.

here are the lyrics.  the song was written when the AIDS crisis first slammed down on uncle sam hardcore.  the ‘old man’ he references is none other than ronald reagan who was notorious for turning his back on his countrymen during the early throes of the crisis including his very best friend and fellow actor rock hudson.

I’m stoned in the twilight, screamin’ on the inside
Give me your water, help me survive
Gonna miss the sunlight when I lose my eyesight
Give me my red shoes, I wanna dance

They searched for an answer, but that old man wouldn’t listen
Back then I was handsome, back then he was ignorant

And shave off the years now, it’s all inside my head
The boy in the red shoes is dancin’ by my bed
Put them in a box somewhere, put them in a drawer
Take my red shoes, I can’t wear them anymore

Had garlands in the wings back then, all the pretty little things back then
Callin’ out my name, oh what fame brings
After curtain calls and bows I can’t see the front row now
Hand me my red shoes just one more time

They pushed aside our presence, they refused to go the distance
Back then I was Sigmund, back then he wouldn’t listen

And shave off the years now, it’s all inside my head
The boy in the red shoes is dancin’ by my bed
Put them in a box somewhere, put them in a drawer
Take my red shoes, I can’t wear them anymore

They pushed aside our presence, they refused to go the distance
Back then I was Sigmund, back then he wouldn’t listen
Back then I was handsome, back then he was ignorant

And shave off the years now, it’s all inside my head
The boy in the red shoes is dancin’ by my bed
Put them in a box somewhere, put them in a drawer
Take my red shoes, I can’t wear them anymore

Put them in a box somewhere, put them in a drawer
Take my red shoes, I can’t wear them anymore

Take my red shoes, I can’t wear them anymore
Take my red shoes, I can’t wear them anymore
Take my red shoes, I can’t wear them anymore

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