Sidewalk Sale
Embracing Memories in a Sidewalk Sale
Lyrics
The tubes that get turned on for the red guitar that you
The tubes that get turned on refer to the amplification tubes in a red guitar amplifier that the speaker used.
Learned on the records you left me the
The speaker learned to play the red guitar by listening to the records left by someone else.
Cookbooks the ten-inch TV that radio you found the thing couldn't reach
Cookbooks, a ten-inch TV, and a radio symbolize various items found, perhaps reflecting on the mundane aspects of life.
Downtown I think I've had my fill so if you want the stuff still you're
The speaker feels satisfied and no longer interested in the downtown scene, suggesting a detachment from certain experiences.
Gonna see it in a sidewalk sale old
The mention of a sidewalk sale implies a desire to part with possessions, possibly signifying a change or letting go of the past.
Boxes and broken chairs strangers can take this stuff away you're gonna
Boxes and broken chairs represent items to be sold or discarded, and strangers are invited to take them away.
See it in a sidewalk sale on the lawn, a sunny day you're gonna see it
The speaker envisions the sidewalk sale taking place on a sunny day on the lawn.
In a sidewalk sale someday
The repetition emphasizes the inevitability of the sidewalk sale and the eventual parting with possessions.
Your face when you'd wake up schemes that you'd always take up the way
The speaker reflects on the expression of the listener's face upon waking up, hinting at shared experiences and memories.
That you stood on the pedestal you were put on the moons you brought
The listener had certain schemes or plans that the speaker recalls.
Around the stars that you
The speaker mentions moons and stars, possibly metaphorical for influences and inspirations brought into the relationship.
Pulled down the spaces that you fill and though I want the stuff still
Despite the speaker's desire to keep certain things, they acknowledge the inevitability of the sidewalk sale.
You're gonna see it in a sidewalk sale if every room that I walk through
The sidewalk sale is reiterated as a symbol of parting with possessions, emphasizing its inevitability.
In this place could be packed up
The speaker imagines every room in the place being packed up, reinforcing the theme of change and transition.
Box by box I'd have a pile that reaches into space you're gonna see it
A hyperbolic image is used, suggesting that packing up every room would result in a pile reaching into space, emphasizing the vastness of change.
In a sidewalk sale and I'll be taking the money there strangers can take
The speaker envisions taking money at the sidewalk sale, indicating a financial aspect to the process of letting go.
This stuff away
The repetition emphasizes that strangers will take away the possessions, underlining the detachment from the items being sold.
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