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Second Hand Store

by David Nelson Ostrosser

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1.
Sometimes when I go wandering I like to check out the goods In a funky little quaint little second hand store in my neighbourhood In between percolator that won't perk and a whole pile of TVs where half don't work I'm sure to pick up something that I like. Well that day the wind was howling' out, I had to slip inside An ain't no telling' what kind of thing was there for me to find An encyclopedia from 1949 or some black light paintings that would blow your mind But I had no idea what this place had in store. Oh no I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store A new love was mine when she walked through the door This old heart about fell on the floor When I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store. Now we're together and I want you to know people she's something delectable No more wasting our precious time looking for something collectible 'Cause in the midst of all that antiquity She must've been looking for the same thing as me I fell in love for the last time in my life Good God I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store A new love was mine when she walked through the door This old heart about fell on the floor When I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store. I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store A new love was mine when she walked through the door This old heart about fell on the floor When I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store.
2.
I rattle when I walk, just like my daddy did I rattle when I walk, just like my daddy did I used to think it was oh so strange But now time has found away to re-arrange it so I rattle when I walk, just like my daddy did. The keys are for a pollutin' old Ford That I really wish I didn't need I've got one for the trunk and another for the door To get me up to speed. The change I need, to call my baby To know that the little boy's fine I've got a broken-strapped watch deep down in my pocket To help me keep track of time. So now I rattle when I walk, just like my daddy did I rattle when I walk, just like my daddy did I used to think it was oh so strange But now time has found away to re-arrange it so I rattle when I walk, just like my daddy did. Now my old man was a fine old man But I didn't want to be the same I think I've done well to make my own trail And we still share the name. But apart from the name and the gospel songs We both still love to sing There ain't a whole lot that we hold in common Except this one little thing. So now I rattle when I walk, just like my daddy did I rattle when I walk, just like my daddy did I used to think it was oh so strange But now time has found away to re-arrange it so I rattle when I walk, just like my daddy did. Just like my daddy did Just like my daddy did.
3.
Barn spoiled Can't help what I do, yes I'm Barn spoiled Like a barn spoiled nag Galloping home to you. Some folks hit the Happy Hour when the working day is through Have a few laughs and knock back a beer and a shot But I can't join them when they tell me it's time to have some fun 'Cause you turn me toward home and I break into a trot. 'Cause I'm barn spoiled Can't help what I do, yes I'm Barn spoiled Like a barn spoiled nag Galloping home to you. Some folks try to tell me "Yeah, she's got you on a string" But they don't know what's waiting at home you see By the time I hear that buzzer ring and I'm passing by the clock Home corral's already calling me. 'Cause I'm barn spoiled Can't help what I do, yes I'm Barn spoiled Like a barn spoiled nag Galloping home to you. All maybe it's got something to do with the lady I've got waiting Waiting with a love that's true and I ain't hesitatin' Or maybe it's the close she wore last time she met me at the door But I ain't waiting' anymore I'm Barn spoiled Can't help what I do, yes I'm Barn spoiled Like a barn spoiled nag Galloping home to you.
4.
Precious little time to spend with precious you Moments all to fleeting, all too few We've got our lives to lead and things to do And not much precious time to spend with precious you. When we're together are the moments I remember The spots of sunlight through the shadows 'neath the trees It's imprinted in my mind and when we're far away I go back to that time and I'm with you that day. Precious little time to spend with precious you Moments all to fleeting, all too few We've got our lives to lead and things to do And not much precious time to spend with precious you. Well it's a pretty little café in the city Your gospel hair your blue jean eyes, your tender kiss When I'm alone I can be happy, but it's not the same As the happiness I feel when I'm with you again. Precious little time to spend with precious you Moments all to fleeting, all too few We've got our lives to lead and things to do And not much precious time to spend with precious you. Precious little time to spend with precious you Moments all to fleeting, all too few One day things will change, I'll marry you And I'll spend all my living days just loving you. Precious little time to spend with you.
5.
You're only a daydream away And so close to my heart anyway I can't be with you as much as I'd wish to But your on my mind to stay And you're only a daydream away. You're in my eyes every time that I try To get done my job and I don't wonder why I just overheard the boss say "Just look at him daydream away". You're only a daydream away And so close to my heart anyway I can't be with you as much as I'd wish to But your on my mind to stay And you're only a daydream away. The times we're together I treasure them so I capture a moment and I won't let it go I keep it till some lonely day And then I just daydream away Daydream away Daydream away You're on my mind to stay And you're only a daydream away.
6.
Takin' good love for granted, that's how I came to fall Once I hsd a woman She loved me like a wife We started us a family We were set for love for life. But a fling one night in a local bar, With a dancer from Montreal She found out about it That's how I came to fall. Used to have a good job I was really, really on the rise A kid with big ambitions You could see it in my eyes But with worrying about my family I wasn't always on the ball My star began descending That's how I came to fall. Now I was fine till I let my mind Wander to rest no more Now my heart is cold and it feels like my soul Is out beggin' from door to door. Sitting here, behind this beer Thinking about it all Taking good love for granted That's how I came to fall. Well I was on the wagon But the wagon didn't roll for me Still I knew the barroom Was not the place to be. Weeks went by, and I was dry 'Til one day my little girl called I let it all get to me That's how I came to fall. Well I was fine till I let my mind Wander to rest no more Now my heart is cold and it feels like my soul Is out beggin' from door to door. Sitting here, behind this beer Thinking about it all Taking good love for granted That's how I came to fall. Sitting here, with no one near Talkin' to my alcohol Taking good love for granted That's how I came to fall. Taking good love for granted That's how I came to fall.
7.
I was sitting at a little red felt-covered table I was reflecting on my fate I'd drank about as much as I was able to I was in a lonely state. Then she blew in on her angel wings Pretty as an angel could be She said "I've got to get off my feet Would you mind a little company?" So I pulled back a chair, and signaled the waitress To bring us round a couple of beer Then I started in with the small talk "So what brings you in here" Well she just smiled, it was a work of art Right there she had me, she'd stole my heart The place was filling up with the late night crowd I said let's go somewhere quiet, it's gettin' too loud. She said "I'll go with you, but you know my time ain't free Oh no" But I liked her so much, I bought the company. Well I liked her so much, I bought the company I could have taken her home, and loved here for eternity But I guess when you go down that road Once you're walking those streets You can't turn 'round so easily But I liked her so much, I bought the company. Now her goodbye kiss is still warm on my lips But that's nothing that you couldn't condone I need some green, gotta' find a bank machine So I can pay my taxi home. The streetlights had faded - we'd talked until dawn She could sure tell I wasn't any regular John We were interrupted by her ring tone Someone was calling on her cell phone She said I'll go with you, and that was the end for me But liked her so much, and she'd kept me company. Well I liked her so much, I bought the company I could have taken her home, and loved here for eternity But I guess when you go down that road Once you're walking those streets You can't turn 'round too easily But I liked her so much, I bought the company. I liked her so much.
8.
You call me a loser Claim I've got no empathy Too much of a boozer How did you end up with me? Well I don't know if what you say is true But I've got just one thing to say to you. Already you're harpin' The minute that I get back home You can't wait to start in Complaining to your mother on the telephone. Well I don't care what they may think of me Or how you put me down relentlessly. 'Cause I am rubber, you are glue, Everything you say Bounces off me And sticks to you. (repeat) You think you can hurt me with your words And so you try But I just sit here thinking"Well that's you But what am I". I've got no motivation If people could hear you talk I'm leading the nation In goofin' off around the clock And though it does get to me Now and then Well you're just talking 'bout yourself again. 'Cause I am rubber, you are glue, Everything you say Bounces off me And sticks to you. (repeat)
9.
G'Ling G'Ling! G'Ling G'Ling! C'est une belle journée d'été Et si ta maman veut, elle peut goûter G'Ling G'Ling! Do you want something? Chaque matin, première lueurs de midi Moi, je m'enfourche mon G'Ling G'Ling Je parcours toutes les rues dans la grosse chaleur En faisant le son de cloche de mon triporteur G'Ling G'Ling! G'Ling G'Ling! C'est une belle journée d'été Et si ta maman veut, elle peut goûter G'Ling G'Ling! Do you want something? À quatre heures et quart le soleil tape dans mon dos Les femmes m'invitent dedans pour prendre un bon p'tit verre d'eau Je jase et me repose avec la dame de la place Pendant que les enfants jouent dehors avec leurs fusée en glace G'Ling G'Ling! G'Ling G'Ling! C'est une belle journée d'été Et si ta maman veut, elle peut goûter G'Ling G'Ling! Do you want something? C'est pas facile quand on n'est pas instruit Je fais G'Ling G'Ling pour gagner ma vie G'Ling G'Ling! G'Ling G'Ling! Les enfants m'adore presqu'autant que leur père Ils crient G'Ling G'Ling! G'Ling G'Ling! puis s'en vont chercher leur mère G'Ling G'Ling! G'Ling G'Ling! Do you want something? Do you want something?
10.
Love ain't fair Love ain't fair to me (repeat) You know you hurt me tremendously Hurt me relentlessly When I first set my eyes on you It felt like I was coming alive And when I got to know you Well it almost seemed as though you wanted me to keep you satisfied. But when I called you up you said "Can't you call again some other time" I tried to get through to you But with everything I'd do it seemed like I was only wasting my dime. Love ain't fair Love ain't fair to me (repeat) You know you hurt me tremendously Hurt me relentlessly Down at the ballgame you were cheering Til your eyes met mine I was trying together to see you But it always seemed to be you Got away and left me standing on the foul line. Love ain't fair Love ain't fair to me (repeat) You know you hurt me tremendously Hurt me relentlessly
11.
There ain't much meat on the hook Ain't much meat on the hook You did what you could To make it look good But there ain't much meat on the hook Well it's down to the fishing' hole With my friend Hugo To catch a denizen of the deep We like 'em fightin' But today they ain't bitin' We're figuring they must be asleep Is it our casting that off or Are they sizing' up what we have to offer? Observin' with a critical eye... There ain't much meat on the hook Ain't much meat on the hook The grasshopper's nice The worms alright But doesn't rate a second look. There ain't much meat on the hook Ain't much meat on the hook You did what you could To make it look good But there ain't much meat on the hook Skinny Little Annie With the cute little fanny She won't stop giving' me the eye But if I ever weaken My future will be bleak and You can kill me 'cause I'd much rather die From her good side her qualities are many But when she turns around she doesn't have any Visible to the critical eye... There ain't much meat on the hook Ain't much meat on the hook She looks like she must've been Goalie for the dart team Doesn't rate a second look. There ain't much meat on the hook Ain't much meat on the hook She did what she could To make it look good But there ain't much meat on the hook Now what could go wrong When you're writin' a song As catchy as this one here? I'll be submitting' this tune in a contest soon Can I share my one biggest fear? It's if Paula Abdul Or a similar tasteless fool Listens with a critical ear... And says "There ain't much meat on the hook Ain't much meat on the hook The title's fine but it's the only good line And you don't rate a second look. There ain't much meat on the hook Just didn't have what it took You did what you could To make it sound good But there ain't much meat on There ain't much meat on There ain't much meat on the hook. Somethin' seems missin' Ain't worth a second listen The idea's there but the bones are bare There ain't much meat on the hook".
12.
Sometimes when I go wandering I like to check out the goods In a funky little quaint little second hand store in my neighbourhood In between percolator that won't perk and a whole pile of TVs where half don't work I'm sure to pick up something that I like. Well that day the wind was howling' out, I had to slip inside An ain't no telling' what kind of thing was there for me to find An encyclopedia from 1949 or some black light paintings that would blow your mind But I had no idea what this place had in store. Oh no I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store A new love was mine when she walked through the door This old heart about fell on the floor When I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store. Now we're together and I want you to know people she's something delectable No more wasting our precious time looking for something collectible 'Cause in the midst of all that antiquity She must've been looking for the same thing as me I fell in love for the last time in my life Good God I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store A new love was mine when she walked through the door This old heart about fell on the floor When I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store. I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store A new love was mine when she walked through the door This old heart about fell on the floor When I fell in love at first sight in the second hand store.

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DNO (David Nelson Ostrosser) offers up an LP-length CD of radio-friendly Americana with a roots feel and a few pop and crossover surprises as well. Some of the finest roots musicians in the Ottawa Valley populate the tracks on Second Hand Store, but it's the songs that are the real focus: touching slices of Americana, but with DNO's sometimes mischievous sense of humor rarely far from the surface. Listeners have brought up comparisons to John Hiatt and Ray Wylie Hubbard, but also to playful tunesmiths such as Randy Newman.

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released May 26, 2009

Michael Ball - fiddle; Chris Barclay - dobro; Al Bragg - steel guitar; David Cholodylo - bass; Ian Clyne - piano; Christine Graves and Maureen Clyne - vocals; Hugo Lyrette - acoustic guitar; Ross Murray - drums and mastering; Doug Ostrosser - slide electric guitar; Andrée Préfontaine - cello; Véronique Turcotte - violin; René Gely - production, guitars (baritone, acoustic and electric). DNO plays piano, harmonica, trumpet and drums and is the principal vocalist.

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David Nelson Ostrosser Gatineau, Québec

DNO (David Nelson Ostrosser) grew up in BC but now lives in Gatineau Québec. He has sporadically released music over several decades, mostly in the Americana genre, but also some Francophone releases. Working primarily with producer René Gely, DNO has produced a new album in a humorous/tongue-in-cheek vein for 2021. ... more

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