The Great Gatsby - Second-Hand Suit Lyrics

2024 Broadway
The Great Gatsby the Musical - Second-Hand Suit Lyrics

The song is written by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen.

MYRTLE:
When my husband george proposed to me
I couldn’t help but panic
Never in my wildest fantasy
Did I marry a mechanic
But george he said,
“We’ll strike it rich, you’ll see
For I am what you call an up and comer”
And so I gave the boy a chance
Prayed he would advance
At least he’s not a plumber

When I saw him walking down the aisle
He actually looked cute
I couldn’t help but crack a smile
He had bought himself a suit!
I let him put a ring on me and gee
He looked so handsome in his bib and tucker
I promised him fidelity
For eternity
And boy was I a sucker

It was a second-hand suit!
He had to borrow a suit for our wedding day
His dreams were all a mirage
And now I live above a garage

I met mister buchanan on a train
He looked just like a lion

(Tom playfully roars in her ear.)

Sittin’ at the top of the food chain
I tell you sparks were flyin’
From the minute that we met

MYRTLE & TOM:
Kismet
We both knew that it was now or never

MYRTLE:
On the way to the  hotel,
all I thought was, hell
You can’t live forever!

It’s bad enough that I was born to live among
The lowest on the ladder
I married up and never left the bottom rung
But now it doesn’t matter

You make a vow to stick through thick and thin
And then you learn the vow’s a bunch of twaddle
If you hate the wreck you’re in
Screw the thick and thin
And look for a new model!

ENSEMBLE:
Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh

MYRTLE:
I’m done with second-hand suits
I’m done with second-hand suits on a wedding day
No more settling for less
I’ll live a life of dressing to impress
Time for life at the ritz
Tell george i’m calling it quits
I finally found
Something that
Fits!
Something that fits!

The Great Gatsby the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Roaring On
Absolute Rose
New Money
For Her
Valley of Ashes
Second-Hand Suit
For Better or Worse
The Met
Only Tea
My Green Light
Shady
Better Hold Tight
Past Is Catching Up to Me
La Dee Dah With You
Go
Made to Last
One-Way Road
God Sees Everything
For Her (Reprise)
New Money (Reprise)
Beautiful Little Fool
Finale: Roaring On