Second-hand Rose
Father has a business, strictly second hand:
Everything from toothpicks to a baby-grand.
Stuff in our apartment came from father's store,
Even clothes I'm wearing someone wore before.
It's no wonder that I feel abused,
I never get a thing that ain't been used.
I'm wearing second hand hats,
Second hand clothes,
That's why they call me,
Second hand Rose
Even our piano in the parlor
Daddy bought for ten cents on the dollar
Second hand pearls,
I'm wearing second hand curls,
I never get a single thing that's new.
Even Jake, the plumber, he's the man I adore
He had the nerve to tell me he's been married before!
Everyone knows that I'm just
Second hand Rose
From Second Avenue!
From Second Avenue!
New?
