Ruby's Shoes
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โฑ๏ธ 4:26 duration
๐ ID: 18980352
๐ Lyrics
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
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
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?
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
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
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?
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:11.81] Ruby's shoes would take her
[00:16.75] A mile or so to school every day
[00:22.68] Where the white people hated her
[00:26.93] They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away
[00:32.76] But Ruby's will was stronger
[00:37.55] Than the bigots with the signs could ever know
[00:43.49] She stopped every morning on the corner
[00:47.52] And prayed that someday the pain would go
[00:52.46] And she'd stop and she'd pray
[00:58.37] That all the hatred would go away
[01:02.75] She was only six years old but she knew
[01:09.06] Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
[01:21.51] Ruby sat alone in the classroom
[01:25.47] She never dreamed the other children wouldn't come
[01:30.73] They hated her for the color of her skin
[01:35.30] Well, color is such an amazing illusion
[01:40.87] She'd stop and she'd pray
[01:46.35] That all the hatred would go away
[01:50.82] She was only six years old but she knew
[01:56.80] Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
[02:09.05] Now Ruby knew about Dorothy
[02:13.21] And the ruby shoes that she wore
[02:19.07] She wondered about Oz sometimes
[02:23.21] Well, well no other child ever walked her shoes before
[02:27.76] And she'd stop and she'd pray
[02:33.38] That all the hatred would go away
[02:37.69] She was only six years old but she knew
[02:43.87] Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
[02:51.40] Ruby, if birds can always fly
[02:58.43] Why, oh why, can't you and I?
[03:10.51] Ruby's shoes would take her
[03:14.81] A mile or so to school every day
[03:20.68] Where the white people hated her
[03:24.50] They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away
[03:28.25] And she'd stop and she'd pray
[03:34.55] That all the hatred would go away
[03:38.75] She'd stop and she'd pray
[03:44.15] That no other children would be raised this way
[03:55.68] Ruby's shoes
[04:00.92] If birds can fly then why, oh why
[04:05.42] If birds can fly, then why, oh why can't I?
[04:14.33]
[00:16.75] A mile or so to school every day
[00:22.68] Where the white people hated her
[00:26.93] They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away
[00:32.76] But Ruby's will was stronger
[00:37.55] Than the bigots with the signs could ever know
[00:43.49] She stopped every morning on the corner
[00:47.52] And prayed that someday the pain would go
[00:52.46] And she'd stop and she'd pray
[00:58.37] That all the hatred would go away
[01:02.75] She was only six years old but she knew
[01:09.06] Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
[01:21.51] Ruby sat alone in the classroom
[01:25.47] She never dreamed the other children wouldn't come
[01:30.73] They hated her for the color of her skin
[01:35.30] Well, color is such an amazing illusion
[01:40.87] She'd stop and she'd pray
[01:46.35] That all the hatred would go away
[01:50.82] She was only six years old but she knew
[01:56.80] Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
[02:09.05] Now Ruby knew about Dorothy
[02:13.21] And the ruby shoes that she wore
[02:19.07] She wondered about Oz sometimes
[02:23.21] Well, well no other child ever walked her shoes before
[02:27.76] And she'd stop and she'd pray
[02:33.38] That all the hatred would go away
[02:37.69] She was only six years old but she knew
[02:43.87] Walk a mile in Ruby's shoes
[02:51.40] Ruby, if birds can always fly
[02:58.43] Why, oh why, can't you and I?
[03:10.51] Ruby's shoes would take her
[03:14.81] A mile or so to school every day
[03:20.68] Where the white people hated her
[03:24.50] They'd scream and hold signs and tell her to go away
[03:28.25] And she'd stop and she'd pray
[03:34.55] That all the hatred would go away
[03:38.75] She'd stop and she'd pray
[03:44.15] That no other children would be raised this way
[03:55.68] Ruby's shoes
[04:00.92] If birds can fly then why, oh why
[04:05.42] If birds can fly, then why, oh why can't I?
[04:14.33]