This song was inspired by a conversation with Deni Bonett of the "Twister Sisters" from Mountain Stage, who used to go to a lot of estate sales before she became a regular performer.
Amazingly, some people have told Cheryl that this song is morbid. It is so obviously (to me) sung with tongue in cheek that I have trouble believing that others think otherwise. Here is the official video from YouTube. Judge for yourself if it is morbid.
- Estate Sale
- Words And Music By:
- Cheryl Wheeler
- Estate sale today, from 1 o'clock to 4
- You go and get ready, I'll go start the car
- Better to be early, then we'll be the first in line
- And you know how I love this, it's amazing what you'll find
- (Chorus)
- 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 post cards and pens and blue Fiesta Ware
- Shaving mugs and winged eyeglasses, giant plastic pins
- Linen suits and flowered dresses, I'm so glad we got in
- (Repeat Chorus)
- 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 all right
- Salt and pepper airplanes
- And that deco light
- (Repeat Chorus)
- 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 bet we'll make some young strangers happy when we die
- (Repeat Chorus)
- 5/18/88
- (P) May 27, 2003
- Penrod And Higgins Music / Amachrist Music
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