"Second-Hand Woman" — the blues on loving someone who was loved before.
She told me she'd been loved before
If i took a little less
She'd give a little more
She told me she'd been hurt a lot
But somehow she still knew
What a woman's love was for
She said if i would take a second-hand woman
The night wouldn't be so long
She said if i would take a second-hand woman
She'd put love where love belonged
I said that's alright with me
I'll do everything i can
After all baby i'm a second-hand man
I showed her where i hid the scars
From all the battles i had fought
In lost and lonely wars
It took al night for us to understand
Life had led to us
Loves old soft and healing hand
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- A B.B. King recording. The second-hand woman — someone who arrives with a history, a previous love — is a blues subject that tests whether love can transcend its own jealousies.