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Three Button Hand Me Down

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Faces

Performer

Ian McLagan

Piano

Rod Stewart

Vocals

Ronnie Lane

Bass Guitar

Ron Wood

Guitar

Kenny Jones

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ian McLagan

Songwriter

Rod Stewart

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Ian McLagan

Producer

Rod Stewart

Producer

Ronnie Lane

Producer

Ron Wood

Producer

Kenny Jones

Producer

Martin Birch

Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I don't need no one's opinion

On the matter concerning my dress

I was raised in a clinic down in Oklahoma

There were many things I did not possess

Well, I never complained because my father said

Son, you'll get your chance before you're my age

Then he took me upstairs and gave me this suit

Written all over his face

[Verse 2]

He said, others may come and the others may go

But that suit will be around, wherever you go, now

Three button hand me down

Three button hand me down

[Verse 3]

Now I had my fair share of neat women

But they came between me and my suit

There was a filly from Boston, a barmaid from Houston

Not forgetting the one in Detroit

They said, we like you boy, and we think you're sweet

But can't you lose your suit?

I said, no, no, no, no, no, no, you can't do that to me

I remember what my father said

[Verse 4]

He said, others may come and the others may go

But that suit will be around, wherever you go

Three button hand me down, ha ha

Three button hand me down

[Verse 5]

I've never been a tidy dresser

And the fold in my trousers, it ain't straight

Still, I know a good cloth when I see one

That's why I'm clad in this gray flannel suit

[Verse 6]

Sometimes I wonder if I should visit a tailor

And get myself a smooth outfit

Then I remember what my father said to me

I'll make you from the open road, you all know this one

[Verse 7]

He said, others may come and the others may go

But that suit'll be around wherever you go, c'mon

Three button hand me down

Three button hand me down, ha ha

Written by: Ian McLagan, Rod Stewart

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