Ever seen a blind man cross the road ♪ Trying to make the other side? ♪ Ever seen a young girl growing old Trying to make herself a bride? ♪ So what becomes of you my love When they have finally stripped you of The handbags and the gladrags That your granddad had to sweat so you could buy? ♪ Baby Once I was a young man And all I thought I had to do was smile
You are still a young girl And you bought everything in style
Listen But once you think you're in you're out 'Cause you don't mean a single thing without The handbags and the gladrags That your granddad had to sweat so you could buy ♪ 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 the gladrags That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy ♪ They told me you missed school today So I suggest you just throw them all away The handbags and the gladrags That your poor old granddad had to sweat to buy ya