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(Ian McLagan, Rod Stewart) |
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I don't need no one's opinion |
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On the matter concerning my dress. |
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I was raised in a clinic down in |
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Oklahoma, |
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There were many things |
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I did not possess. |
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I never complained, because my father said, "Son you'll get your chance before you're my age". |
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Then he took me upstairs and gave me this suit |
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Written all over his face |
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He said, "Others may come and others may go, But that suit will be around wherever you're goin'" |
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Three button hand me down |
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Three button hand me down |
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I had my fair share of neat women, |
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But they came between me and my suit. |
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That was a filly from |
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Boston, a barmaid from |
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Houston, Not forgetting the one in |
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Detroit. They said, "We like you boy and we think you're sweet, But can't you lose your suit?" |
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I said, "No, you can't do that to me" |
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I remember what my father said: |
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He said, "Others may come and others may go, But that suit will be around wherever you're goin'" |
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Three button hand me down, ha ha, |
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Three button hand me down |
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I've never been a tidy dresser |
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And the fold in my trousers it ain't straight. |
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Still I know a good cloth when |
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I see one. |
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That's why |
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I'm clad in this gray flannel suit. |
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Sometimes |
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I wonder if |
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I should visit a tailor |
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And get myself a smooth outfit. |
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Then I remember what my father said to me. |
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I'll make you from the open road |
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He said, "Others may come and others may go, But that suit will be around wherever you go" |
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Three button hand me down, |
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Three button hand me down |
