Last Saturday morning
I shut off the alarm
Drove out in the valley
To old Dan Cook's farm
A sign on the fence post
Put up with one nail
Read 10 a.m. sharp
For big public sale
At least forty people were out in the yard
Looking for bargains they were dealing real hard
To buy up the pieces and find out the worth
Of fifty years living so close to the earth
Who'll give me five
I got five now who'll give me ten
I'll call out the numbers
And you just say when
For a lifetime of memories
Some happy some sad
Two for a dollar
The price sure ain't bad
No bids for the carriage
Rotting out by the shed
The one that they drove on
The night they were wed
Five bucks for the brass bed
A little bit worn
Not much for the place
Where the five kids were born
And the old parlor piano
Still sounded alright
Just as good as it did
Many Saturday nights
And the big round oak table
Where dinner was made
Brought almost as much
As the Tiffany shade
Who'll give me five
I got five now who'll give me ten
I'll call out the numbers
And you just say when
For a lifetime of memories
Some happy some sad
Two for a dollar
The price sure ain't bad
Two for a dollar
The price sure ain't bad