Antique Man (Ukulele Original)
Channel: Jumping Jimmy Allen
Date: 12/02/2018

An antique shop we visited lead to this fictional story and song.

https://steelwool1.bandcamp.com/track/antique-man

In a cinder-block building in east Tennessee 
Sits an antique shop filled to the brim 
Tended by someone who's just as forgotten 
As all the things gathered by him 
As frail as the nails that hold up rusty pails 
He shuffles a path out the door 
Cause the crush of the gravel outside of the place 
Means he won't be alone anymore 

While I pondered tight places with glass and ceramics 
As far as dim light would allow 
He chatted my wife up outside in the sunshine 
Pausing to wipe off his brow 
He said off the cuff that there's not enough stuff 
To fill up the void in his heart 
And when she died, her leaving him 
Had torn his worlds apart 

In a cinder-block building in east Tennessee 
Sits an antique shop closed long ago 
All of the knick-knacks and books out of print 
Have been taken too... 
Where? 
Nobody knows