Artist: Faces

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Three Button Hand Me Down

(Ian McLagan, Rod Stewart)

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.
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

He said, "Others may come and others may go,
But that suit will be around wherever you're goin'"
Three button hand me down
Three button hand me down

I had my fair share of neat women,
But they came between me and my suit.
That 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, you can't do that to me"
I remember what my father said:

He said, "Others may come and others may go,
But that suit will be around wherever you're goin'"
Three button hand me down, ha ha,
Three button hand me down

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.
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

He said, "Others may come and others may go,
But that suit will be around wherever you go"
Three button hand me down,
Three button hand me down

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Other Songs by this Artist

1. Amazing Grace
2. Angel
3. Around The Plynth
4. Bad ’N’ Ruin
5. Borstal Boys
6. Cindy Incidentally
7. Cut Across Shorty
8. Debris
9. Devotion
10. Every Picture Tells A Story
11. Flags And Banners
12. Flying
13. Glad And Sorry
14. Had Me A Real Good Time
15. I Feel So Good
16. I know I’m losing you
17. I Wish It Would Rain
18. I’d Rather Go Blind
19. If I’m On the Late Side
20. It’s All Over Now
21. Jealous Guy
22. Just Another Honky
23. Last Orders Please
24. Love Lives Here
25. Maybe I’m Amazed
26. Memphis Tennessee
27. Memphis, Tennessee
28. Miss Judy’s Farm
29. My Fault
30. Nobody Knows
31. On The Beach
32. Ooh La La
33. Pool Hall Richard
34. Richmond
35. Shake, Shudder, Shiver
36. Silicone Grown
37. Stay With Me
38. Stone
39. Sweet Lady Mary
40. Tell Everyone
41. That’s All You Need
42. Three Button Hand Me Down
43. Too Bad
44. Wicked Messenger
45. You Can Make Me Dance, Sing, Or Anything
46. You’re So Rude