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 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

Father bought for ten cents on the dollar

Second hand pearls

I'm wearing second hand curls

I never get a single thing

That new

Even Jakie Cohen

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

Initials

On them

Second hand rings

I'm sick of second hand things

I never get what other girlies do

Once while strolling through the ritz a woman got my goat

She nudged her friend and said oh

Look there goes my last year's coat

Everyone knows that I'm just second hand rose

From second avenue