Ruby's Shoes Lyrics - Lori Mckenna

Ruby's shoes would take her 

A mile or so to school every day 

Where the white people hated her 

They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away 

But Ruby's will was stronger 

Than the bigots with the signs could ever know 

She stopped every morning on the corner 

And prayed that someday the pain would go 

And she'd stop and she'd pray 

That all the hatred would go away 

She was only six years old but she knew 

Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes 

Ruby sat alone in the classroom 

She never dreamed the other children wouldn't come 

They hated her for the color of her skin 

Well color is such an amazing illusion 

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She'd stop and she'd pray 

That all the hatred would go away 

She was only six years old but she knew 

Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes 

Now Ruby knew about Dorothy 

And the ruby shoes that she wore 

She wondered about Oz sometimes 

Well, well no other child ever walked her shoes before 

And she'd stop and she'd pray 

That all the hatred would go away 

She was only six years old but she knew 

Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes 

Ruby, if birds can always fly 

Why oh why can't you and I? 

Ruby's shoes would take her 

A mile or so to school every day 

Where the white people hated her 

They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away 

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And she'd stop and she'd pray 

That all the hatred would go away 

She'd stop and she'd pray 

That no other children would be raised this way 

Ruby's shoes 

If birds can fly 

Then why oh why 

If birds can fly then why oh why can't I