Hank Snow - Shop Worn Lyrics
CHORUS:Shopworn and aged, what's left of a manWill never be useless cause he's part of God's planSpoken:Did you ever think of life as just a shop along the streetAnd yourself as a product displayed in easy reach?You laid there for some quite some time now and pondered at your fateThen you begin to wonder if you'd hit the market lateWealth had looked you over once and seen you at your bestBut somehow you didn't fit his needs so he took one of the restSweet love had read your label and you lingered in her mindBut competition caught her eye and she left you there behindFame had brushed the edges of the counter where you laidAnd she pondered for a moment but then she walked awayLady Luck had even picked you up but this you heard her say:"I just can't afford you so I'll just have to let you lay"Then one day they marked you down put you up on saleAnd you got looked over once again all to no availNow stained with yellow and marked with age you heard a salesman state:"Boss I guess I'll throw this out it's old and out of date"The keeper of the shop came then and he seemed to understandHe smiled and looked you over, then held out a caring handGive me that I'll take it home. Don't throw it on the streetIt's old and gray but in its way it made my shop completeCHORUS:Shopworn and aged, what's left of a manWill never be useless cause he's part of God's plan