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

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