Second Hand Rose

Second Hand Rose - Fanny Brice

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's 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 'nitials 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