Second-Hand Suit

Second-Hand Suit - Sara Chase/John Zdrojeski/Original Broadway Cast of The Great Gatsby - A New Musical

Lyrics by：Nathan Tysen

Composed by：Jason Howland

Arranged by：Jason Howland

Produced by：Jason Howland/Nathan Tysen/Billy Jay Stein/Chunsoo Chin/Mark Shacket/Kait Kerrigan

MYRTLE：

When my husband george proposed to me

I couldn't help but panic

Never in my wildest fantasy

Did I marry a mechanic

But george he said

“We'll strike it rich you'll see

For I am what you call an up and comer”

And so I gave the boy a chance

Prayed he would advance

At least he's not a plumber

When I saw him walking down the aisle

He actually looked cute

I couldn't help but crack a smile

He had bought himself a suit

I let him put a ring on me and gee

He looked so handsome in his bib and tucker

I promised him fidelity

For eternity

And boy was I a sucker

It was a second-hand suit

He had to borrow a suit for our wedding day

His dreams were all a mirage

And now I live above a garage

I met mister Buchanan on a train

He looked just like a lion

Sittin' at the top of the food chain

I tell you sparks were flyin'

From the minute that we met

MYRTLE/TOM：

Kismet

We both knew that it was now or never

MYRTLE：

On the way to the hotel

All I thought was hell

You can't live forever

It's bad enough that I was born to live among

The lowest on the ladder

I married up and never left the bottom rung

But now it doesn't matter

You make a vow to stick through thick and thin

And then you learn the vow's a bunch of twaddle

If you hate the wreck you're in

Screw the thick and thin

And look for a new model

ENSEMBLE：

Ah ah ah ah ah ah

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh

MYRTLE：

I'm done with second-hand suits

I'm done with second-hand suits on a wedding day

No more settling for less

I'll live a life of dressing to impress

Time for life at the ritz

Tell george I'm calling it quits

I finally found

Something that

Fits

Something that fits