Second Hand Rose

Father has a business, strictly secondhand

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 secondhand hats

Secondhand clothes

That's why they call me Secondhand Rose

Even our piano in the parlor

Daddy bought for ten cents on the dollar

Secondhand pearls

I'm wearing secondhand 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 Secondhand Rose

From Second Avenue

From Second Avenue, new?