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Songwriter: Ian McLagan Rod Stewart

[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
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 will be around wherever you're goin'"
Three button hand me down
Three button hand me down

[Verse 2]
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:

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

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
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, haha

An English rock band formed in 1969 by the remaining members of Small Ian McLagan (keyboards), Ronnie Lane (bass guitar), and Kenney Jones (drums and percussion). Ronnie Wood (guitar) and Rod Stewart (lead vocals) left the Jeff Beck Group to form the band’s lineup up until the band disbanded in 1974.

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