Queen of the Rummage Sale Bishop Allen Queen of The Rummage Sale A=424 VERSE: G She was the queen of the rummage sale D The curator of a great collage G she would rescue every beautiful thing D the bric-a-back and the hodge podge C and stack the boxes in her parents garage I had to learn how to travel light With a satchel and an old suitcase It really wears you down To carry on at that pace Cause you’re never standing in one place CHORUS: G Odds and ends D Held together with safety pins C I know there's a lot to fix G D G so, we're taking it stitch-by-stitch If we can, gonna build us a promised land It comes to us secondhand I think we’ll do fine VERSE Now we’re driving down the palisades It feels good to get out of town And we’re stopping at every yard sale sign Or use the classified to track ‘em down. She takes my hand and leads me around These are colors that I’ve never seen So sudden and so bright In the places that I’ve been before And I realize that I’m looking through her eyes CHORUS Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. I carry boxes up a hundred stairs And she unpacks and laughs and cheers And I finally put my suitcase down Between the picture frames and souvenirs I think I’ll stay for a thousand years (CHORUS PATTERN) If we can, gonna build us a promised land It comes to us secondhand I think we’ll do fine And if we fail we can follow a bread crumb trail Drop a coin in a wishing well I think we’ll do fine And in the end we’ll be calling up all our friends All our friends think we’ll do fine
