Three Button Hand Me Down (Live on In Concert, 2/8/73)

[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

"You know your finer self be forgettin' me, boy"

I've forgotten all of these words

Remember what my father said, son

I'll make you buy the open road

[Chorus]

He said, "Others may come and others may go

But that suit will be around wherever I go"

Three button hand me down

Three button hand me down

[Verse 2]

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

Remember what my father said, son

I'll make you buy the open road

[Chorus]

"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

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

I've never been a tidy dresser

And the fold in my trousers it ain't straight

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

I remember what my father said, son

I'll make you buy the open road

[Chorus]

"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

Three button hand me down

Three button hand me down

Three button hand me down

Three button hand me down

[Outro]

Do you remember that program? Fantastic audience

Showing your age, isn't he, audience?