Handbags And Gladrags

1. Ever seen a blind man cross the road

trying to reach the other side

ever seen a young girl groving old

trying to make herself abride?

R: So what becomes of you my love,

when they have finallystripped you of

thehandbags and gladrags

that yourpoor old grandad had to sweat tobuy

2. Once i was a young man

and all i thought I had to do was a smile,

You are still a young girl,

and you bought everything in style.

but once you think you re in, you re out,

`cause that don`t mean a single think without

the handbags and gladrags

that your poor old grandad had to sweat to buy

3. Sing a song of six pence for your sake,

and take a bottle full of rye

four and twenty blackbirds in a cake,

and bake them all in a pie

they told me you missed school today

so what i suggest you just throw them all away

the handbags and gladrags

that your poor old grandad had to sweat to buy