Second Hand Rose Lyrics

Second Hand Rose lyrics

Father has a business strictly second hand

Everything from toothpicks to a baby-grand

Stuff in our apartment came from father's store

Even things 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 things that's new

Even Jake, the plumber, he's a 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! Nu!