Barbra Streisand Second Hand Rose song lyrics

Father has a business,

Strictly second-hand,

Everything from tooth-picks 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 the call me Second Hand Rose.

Even our piano in the parlor,

Father 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,

Had the nerve to tell me he'd been married before!

Everyone knows that I'm just Second Hand Rose,

From Second Avenue.

I'm wearing second-hand shoes,

Second-hand hose,

All the girls hand me their second-hand beaus!

Even my pajamas, when I don them,

Have somebody else's 'nitials on them.

Second-hand rings, I'm sick of second-hand things,

I never get what other girliess do.

Once while strolling through the Ritz, a girl got my goat,

She nudged her friend and said, "Oh, look, there goes my old fur coat!"

Everyone knows that I'm just Second Hand Rose,

From Second Avenue.