Break Away - The Lemon Pipers

Shoeshine boy, shining shoes for a dime

No one ever seems to have any time for a shine

Shoeshine boy helps his mother pay the rent

Every hour of the day is well meant, earn a cent

He’s just a shoeshine boy

Just a shoeshine boy

He’s just a boy

Early in the morning (Shine, shine)

When everyone is sleeping (Shine, shine)

All snuggled up in their beds (Shine, shine)

The shoeshine boy comes quietly creeping (Shine, shine)

Down the stairs, into the hallway (Shine, shine)

Hurries through the backdoor (Shine, shine)

And arrives on his corner way (Shine, shine)

Before the sun appears (Shine)

Shoeshine boy, spending outside in the cold

The banker passes by, his shoes are old, very old

Shoeshine boy, there’s no one here to care

People gather 'round, all they do is stare, it’s unfair

He’s just a shoeshine boy

Just a shoeshine boy

He’s just a boy

Early in the morning (Shine, shine)

When everyone is sleeping (Shine, shine)

All snuggled up in their beds (Shine, shine)

The shoeshine boy comes quietly creeping (Shine, shine)

Down the stairs, into the hallway (Shine, shine)

Hurries through the backdoor (Shine, shine)

And arrives on his corner way (Shine, shine)

Before the sun appears (Shine)

Shoeshine boy, shinin' shoes for a dime

No one ever seems to have any time

For a shine, for a shine

(Shine, shine)

(Shine, shine)

(Shine, shine)

(Shine, shine)

Whenever it rains (Shine, shine)

He is sad (Shine, shine)

Baby, this is very bad (Shine, shine)

But in the sun (Shine, shine)

He’s the one (Shine, shine)

It can only cost but a dime (Shine)

For a shine (Shine, shine)

You’d be helping his mother pay the rent (Shine, shine)

Standin' on a corner (Shine, shine)

With a rag in his hands (Shine, shine)

No one understands… (Shine, shine)