Christmas Shoes Lyrics - The Christmas Shoes is a song by the contemporary Christian band NewSong. The song later became an inspiration for a novel, film and play. The song deals with a young boy trying to get a pair of Christmas shoes for his dying mother. The song hit number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart on January 6, 2001.CBS: Christmas Shoes Television Special
Chorus
- Sir, I wanna buy these shoes for my momma please.
- It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size.
- Could you hurry, Sir?
- Daddy says there's not much time.
- You see, she's been sick for quite a while;
- Know these shoes will make her smile.
- Want her to look beautiful if Momma meets Jesus tonight.
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Fast Facts
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Genre
Christmas
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Album
Christmas Shoes
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Label
Reunion Records
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Writers
Eddie Carswell, Leonard Ahlstrom
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Producers
Bill Baumgart, George King
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Released
2000
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Fact:
First released as a bonus track on the album Sheltering Tree
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Fact:
Inspired by a Christmas story found on the internet
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Fact:
Inspired a novella by author Donna VanLiere
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Fact:
In Tom Reynolds' book I Hate Myself and Want to Die (2006), he named "The Christmas Shoes" as the most depressing song in modern recorded music historyGuardian: Sad Songs Say So Much (June 10, 2005)
