Thoroughly Modernmillie/second Hand Rose/mame Lyrics - The Supremes

(Sammy Cahn, J.V. Huesen/James Hanley, GrantClarke, Harlan Howard/Jerry Herman) 

There are three well known young ladies 

People talk about today 

Three young ladies known for fortune and fame 

They aren't Mod 

They don't sing Rock 

A real old fashioned trio 

Who are simply known as Millie, Rose and Mame 

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE 

Everything today is thoroughly modern 

Check your personality 

Everything today makes yesterday slow 

You better face reality 

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It's not insanity 

Says Vanity Fair 

In fact, it's stylish to raise your skirts and bob your hair 

In a rumble seat the world is so cosy 

If the boy is kissable 

And that tango dance they wouldn't allow 

Goodbye, good, goody girl 

I'm changing and how 

So beat the drums 

cause here comes thoroughly modern Millie now 

SECOND HAND ROSE 

I'm wearing second hand hats 

Second hand clothes 

That's why they call me second hand Rose 

(You're ragged) 

Even my pajamas when I don em 

Has somebody else's nitials on 'em 

(Initials) 

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Second hand pearls 

Oh, I'm wearing second hand curls 

I never had a single thing that's new 

(What's a girl to do about it?) 

Once while strolling through the Ritz 

A girl got my goat 

(What'd she do?) 

She nudged her friend and said 

Oh, look, there's my old fur coat 

(And how embarassing) 

And everyone knows that I'm just second hand Rose 

From second avenue 

MAME 

You coax that blues right out of the horn, Mame 

You charm that husk right off of the corn, Mame 

You've got that banjo strummin 

Plunkin out a tune to beat the band 

The whole plantation's hummin' 

Since you brought Dixie back to Dixie land 

You make them blackeyed peas and our grits, Mame 

Seems like the bill of fare at the Ritz, Mame 

You came, you saw, you conquered 

And absolutely nothing was the same 

You're special fascination'll prove to be inspirational 

We think you're just sensational, Mame 

Everything today is thoroughly modern 

Bands are getting jazzier 

(Mame) 

And everything today is starting to go 

The cars are getting snazzier 

(Mame) 

Men say it's criminal 

What women will do 

What they're forgetting is 

This is 1922 

Second hand shoes 

I'm wearing second hand hose 

They've all been worn before 

You're special fascination'll prove to be inspirational 

We think you're just sensational Mame 

Not to mention Rose and Millie 

We think you're just sensational Mame 

You're special fascination'll prove to be inspirational 

We think you're just sensational Mame 

Come on let's groove it, one last time 

We think you're just sensational Mame