Tried And Tested

13/02/1997  annA rydeR© Copyright Control
Guitar Stupid tuning capo 3 (Eb)

I seem to be wearing second hand clothes
I seem to be driving a second hand car
I feel like I’m singing the same old songs
On the same old guitar

I feel like my body’s got a second hand face
I’ve got a second rate job in a third rate place
And now I’m loving a second hand man
But the love we have is first hand

IT’S TRIED AND TESTED, TRIED AND TESTED
TRIED AND TESTED, IT’S TRIED AND TESTED
Yeh Yeh

Can used up love really be renewed
Can a used conversation ever end
Hand me down your treasure and trash
It can be used again

There is nothing bad about hand-me-downs
You can always change them or turn them around
And now I’m loving a second hand man
But the love we have is first hand

IT’S TRIED AND TESTED ….
Yeh Yeh
Yeh Yeh Yeh
Yeh

And now I’m sleeping in a second hand bed
Dreaming everyone else’s dreams
Nothing’s exactly ever the same
Never what it seems

There is nothing wrong with second takes
As long as you don’t repeat your mistakes
And now I’m loving a second hand man
But the love we have is first hand

IT’S TRIED AND TESTED…. 

I am a second hand woman with a second hand life
I am a second hand woman I can live twice
Second hand woman with a second hand life
I am a second hand woman I can live twice

Second hand woman yeh yeh
Second hand woman yeh yeh yeh
A second hand woman and I
Oh I can live, I can live…

Recording: Track 1 Pockets On Fire and Track 1 annA rydeR’s Tour with Fairport Convention ‘99