Hand Me Down
Someday they'll find your small town world on a big town avenueGonna make you like the way they talk when they're talking to youGonna make you break out of the shell 'cause they tell you toGonna make you like the way they lie better than the truthThey'll tell you everything you wanted someone else to sayThey're gonna break your heart, yeah
From what I've seenYou're just a one more hand me down'Cause no one's tried to give you what you needSo lay all your troubles downI am with you now
Somebody ought to take you in, try to make you love againTry to make you like the way they feel when they're under your skinNever once did think they'd lie when they're holding youYou wonder why they haven't called, when they said they'd call youYou start to wonder if you're ever gonna make it byYou'll start to think you were born blind
From what I've seenYou're just a one more hand me down'Cause no one's tried to give you what you needSo lay all your troubles downI am with you now
I'm here for the hard timesThe straight to your heart timesWhenever it ain't easyYou can stand up against meAnd maybe rely on meAnd cry on me, yeahOh, no, no, no
Some day they'll open up your worldShake it down on a drawing boardDo their best to change youThey still can't erase you
From what I've seenYou're just a one more hand me down'Cause no one's tried to give you what you needSo lay all your troubles downI am with you now, lay them down on me, oh yeah
You're just one more hand me downAnd all those knots don't give you what you needSo lay all your troubles down on me