ESTATE SALE

(lyrics by Cheryl Wheeler from her album "Circles and Arrows"

©1995, All Rights Reserved)


Estate sale - today from one o'clock to four

You go and get ready, I'll go start the car

Better to be early, then we'll be the first in line

You know how I love this, it's amazing what you'll find

Going through dead people's houses

Wonderful things they have collected

Open the drawers and trunks and closets

Don't leave a corner uninspected

I'll head for the kitchen - you check out upstairs

Old postcard 'n' pens 'n' blue fiesta wear

Shaving mugs 'n' winged eyeglasses - giant plastic pins

Linen suits and flowered dresses - I'm so glad we got in

They just don't make 'em like this

It's an incredible prize

We can hang it in the kitchen

She was just your size

It's a beautiful frame

And the picture's alright

Salt and pepper airplanes

And that deco light

Tonight we'll go home and sort through our array

We'll find the best spots to put things on display

You can't get this great stuff anymore, I don't know why

But I'll bet we'll make some young strangers

Happy when we die

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