Three Button Hand Me Down

[Verse 1]

I don't need no one's opinion

On the matter concernin' 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

[Chorus]

He said, "Others may come and others may go

But that suit'll be around wherever you're goin', now"

Three-button hand-me-down

Three-button hand-me-down

Hold on a minute

Hoo

[Verse 2]

Now, 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 forgettin' 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, you can't do that to me"

I remember what my father said:

[Chorus]

He said, "Others may come and others may go

But that suit'll be around wherever you're goin'"

Three-button hand-me-down (Ha-ha)

Three-button hand-me-down

Nah, no one [?]

Whoo

Whoo-hoo

[Verse 3]

(C'mon) 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 (You all know this)

[Chorus]

He said, "Others may come and others may go

But that suit'll be around wherever you go"

(C'mon now) Three-button hand-me-down (Ohh-ho-ho)

Three-button hand-me-down (Hey) (Oh), ha-ha