SECOND HAND LOVE (Carter / Vance)
(Benny Carter / Paul Vance)

as recorded by Kay Starr
with Dave Cavanaugh's Music
1956


They tell me that there's someone else
You really truly love,
And even when we kiss,
That she's the one you're thinkin' of!

I guess it's true, 'cause once or twice
You called me by her name!
I need you so,
But now I know
That you don't feel the same.

It's all over town,
You put me down!
A second hand love,
A second hand love.

Though late at night I sit alone
And count the tears that fall,
I'd rather have this kind of love
Than not see you at all!

My friends all say I'm dead at all,
If we should drift apart,
But every day
I hope and pray
I'll be first in your heart.

It's all over town,
You put me down!
Of a second hand love,
A second hand love,
Just a second hand love,
A second hand love!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - June 2017)