[2] Although the verses are delivered with a musical quality, they are not sung in the style of the chorus.
The song is about a fellow named Dooley, with whom the singer is in love, who has a rather unconventional lifestyle and a decidedly off-the-beaten-pathway fashion sense; his favorite articles of dress being "tan shoes with pink shoelaces, a polka-dot vest, and a big Panama with a purple hatband."
He takes the young lady "deep sea fishing in a submarine", to "drive-in movies in a limousine" and owns a "whirly-birdy and a 12 foot yacht."
[citation needed] The single reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1959.
[2][5] "Pink Shoe Laces" also reached number 5 on the Hot R&B Sides chart.