It's All In My Hands (1977)

[Music] tap Stitch and taping a of in the shoer shop this refrain would never stop as he tapped the way working all the day at his bench there was he just as busy as a be little time to lose with the boots and shes then he tapped and he stitched for his fingers were Bewitched and he soed a dream into every seam making she repairing to me is a living well it's honest work it's Hest work and hard work and from day to day you just you just don't know once you you open up the door of that store you don't know what to expect every day is a different challenge in this [Music] business the average person today doesn't like his job isn't happy I enjoy coming to work in the morning because it's a challenge that's why I like my work I like working with my hands a lot of my customers uh take my advice in repair and shoes plus a lot of customers have faith in my work usually when they come in they give me the bag and say please take care of them whatever it needs it needs because they know I'll do a good job today there's modern machinery and there's a whole different way of fixing shoes when you finish a pair of shoes at least today you could uh notice the difference the shoe looks snow it doesn't look like it's been [Music] repaired well when I first started this business my father told me he says John he says you have to take a trade and he says this is a good trade it's good as any he says because don't forget you have to remember one thing people are always walking and he says as long as they're walking you'll be working and he says just take a little pride in your work and you'll be a success yes well all the way I've been say and I talked to my son John that in the future this is going to be good trade Bo don't want to listen to me but little by little he put on his head to Le the trade and today I want to say that uh he come out a little profession and I'm proud over here when I'm working on a pair of shoes I feel it's like living life I I take my heart and soul into that shoe and I treat it just like it was my own and I make a good job of it and I do the best I could the best of my ability the best of my craft shoe repairing is more than just fixing a pair of shoes it takes a lot of work a lot of KN how some people just don't understand what goes into it they think that's all it is is just banging on a hammer and and that's it or banging on a pair of shoes and putting a nail in a shoe but it takes more to it than just that there's not too many shoe repairing men around today opening up stores or anything because once the old times is go on that's it what remains is an empty store with a lock on it I think today more young kids should go into this business or they should have schools for them to learn the trade because it's a good trade and after all I mean like I said you we all can't be doctors or lawyers I owe my success to my father because when I was young I never wanted to pick up a hammer or read a book or nothing I was just like every other kid at 15 years old stand on a corner but today I thank my father for breaking me into the business and showing me how that there's more to it in life than just standing on a corner I feel i' playing an important role in society because when I do a pair of shoes and they come out nice I know the average guy outside can't do the same either that's why I feel important I feel like I'm wanted the average person hasn't got the craft I have it's all in my hands shoe maker today will always be you'll need him today and you'll need him years to come because as long as people are walking they're wearing shoes and as long as they're wearing shoes they're going to need somebody to fix them and that's me in theer this refrain would never stop as he tapped the away working all the day at his his bench there was he just as busy as a be little time to lose with the boots and shoes then he tapped and he stitched for his fingers were Bewitched and he SED a dream into every seam making shoes so just like magic on Fe he she' know that he loved for