Perhaps Lightfoot's finest unreleased Song. This clever nostalgic homage to North America's Old General Stores was recorded in 1964. Likely an outtake from his first album.
This reminds me of the style used by John Denver in Thank God I'm a Country Boy, or Grandma's Feather Bed. I prefer this one as more real and less corny...though I do like JD a lot.
John denver's carrier took a nose dive after he did that duet with Placido Domingo. The nasal sound reminded folks of finger nails scraping against a chalk board.
He forgot the kitchen sink, the fruit drink, the plunger and a j bend or two There was sand paper and glass scrapers and cheese graters and plaster just to plug the holes in walls.
