Grand Emporium

Are you like this every night? Are you ever so polite? Call it cold feet, call it fright Just leave on the pilot light Well I forget to send those postcards from Upstate New York So if you're disappointed seal it with a simple piece of cork And just cooperate and make all of your movements sound Wear a somber face until I come around, come around Well she moved back to town just as fast as she could And the devil was nipping at her heels And while she searched for something that she'd never find We held onto what we knew was real Oddities and bootlegs and sundry items Purchased from the grand emporium Don't lose your head for sake of fear 'cause upwards is the only way to climb From all the way down here Wonder what Virginia's like Do you think it's very nice this time of year? 'cause I had a friend there who grew some vegetables In a compost patch Ain't it weird how something good can come from Something like that? Well I forgot to bring those flowers up from down in Dixieland So if you're disappointed, look up, close your eyes and clasp your hands And just cooperate and make all of your, make your movements sound Then redeem the time until our blessed savior comes around, comes around Well she moved back to town 'cause things just weren't working out And the devil was always at her heels And while she searched for something that she just might find We groped around in the dark for years Oddities and second-hands and antique items Purchased from the grand emporium Don't lose your way for sake of fear 'cause redemption is a shining light That glows from up there all the way down here