Hand Me Down Love

There’s a certain kinda way you say,

“Everything gon’ be a ok”

It feels so good to me

It’s got a certain kind of energy

The kind that can neither be

Created or destroyed

You know this love between us

It did not start with you and me

It’s all hand me down love

It ain’t nothin’ new

From your great-grandmother

To your grandmother

To your mother

To you

Who you gonna hand it on to?

Hand me down love

Well, it’s the fear in me

That makes me want to store it up

When I worry that there ain’t enough

But all the more reason, lord

Just to pass it on

Spread it out

Hand it down

And just believe it comes back around

Yea, you just got to trust

It’s all hand me down love

It ain’t nothin’ new

From your great-grandmother

To your grandmother

To your mother

To you

It’s all tried and true love

‘Cause I tried it new,

But I’d only been made a fool of

That’s why I got to hand it to you, love

Who you gonna hand it on to?

Hand me down love

Yea, and it’s all tried and true love

Yea, I tried it new,

But I’d only been made a fool of

Yea, that’s why I got to hand it to you, love

Now, who you gonna hand it on to?

Hand me down love