Three Button Hand Me Down

(Ian McLagan, Rod Stewart)
I dont need no ones 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 youll get your chance before youre 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 youre 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 youre sweet, But cant you lose your suit?'
I said, 'No, you cant 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 youre goin'
Three button hand me down, ha ha,
Three button hand me down
Ive never been a tidy dresser
And the fold in my trousers it aint straight.
Still I know a good cloth when
I see one.
Thats why
Im 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.
Ill 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