Name: Second Hand
Duration: P00H04M19S
Description: "Second Hand" is a somewhat wistful look at coming to terms with your own failures and disappointments. Settling. Acceptance. Sometimes life doesn't turn out like you thought it would.

Second Hand

by Slaid Cleaves

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"Second Hand" is a somewhat wistful look at coming to terms with your own failures and disappointments. Settling. Acceptance. Sometimes life doesn't turn out like you thought it would.

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In a dusty old church basement
My daddy lit his second cigarette
Spoke of all the years he wasted
Letting go of all those old regrets
And as I watch my own smoke settle
It's not too hard to understand
That so much of who I am today
Well, I just picked up second hand

Was a time that I was searching
For something I could call my own
Guess I didn't really have the goods
Now I'm rolling over one more payday loan
Took a load down to the local pawn
Went back to work for my old man
Drivin' home tonight to the wife and kids
In a Plymouth that I bought second hand

Cactus growing 'round that old blue van
We used to roll out across this land
Feeling brave and free, we were singing Born to Run
I go and visit her from time to time
Sun settin through that old red pine
Just held together with spare parts and duct tape till you’re done

I know I'm not the one she fell for
She smiles but I can see it in her eyes
And when she stares into the distance
I know there's only so much she can hide
I’m headed to the tent revival
Where lost souls reach for heaven's plan
I gotta find some kind of light tonight
Even if it's only second hand

Cactus growing 'round that old blue van
We used to roll out across this land
So many times, I can’t remember where we started from
I go and visit her from time to time
Sun settin' through that old red pine
Just held together with spare parts and duct tape till you’re done

In a dusty old church basement
My daddy lit another cigarette
Blew the smoke up to the ceiling
Letting go of all those old regrets
And as I watch my own smoke settle
It's not too hard to understand
That so much of who I am today
Well I just picked up second hand
I just picked up second hand

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released February 10, 2023
Slaid Cleaves: lead vocals, acoustic guitar

Pat Manske: drums, percussion

Scrappy Jud Newcomb: electric guitars, bass guitar, Hammond B-3 organ

Robyn Ludwick: harmony vocals

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Slaid Cleaves Wimberley, Texas

Modern day traveling folk singer. He’s telling your story. Writes and records songs that strike people’s hearts and become a part of their lives.

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