Handbags & Gladrags (live)

by Laurence Dicks

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Ever seen a blind man cross the road
Trying to reach 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 poor old granddad
Had to sweat to buy.

Once I was a young man
And all I thought you had to do was smile.
You are still a young girl
And you bought everything in style.

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 he could buy.

Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
And drink a bottle full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
And bake 'em all into 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 throw them all away,
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old granddad
Had to sweat to buy.

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released July 15, 2022
Original song by Mike d'Abo

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Laurence Dicks Liverpool, UK

Guitarist, pianist, singer-songwriter, composer.

University of Liverpool Music and Popular Music Graduate.

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