Chris Ruediger – Hand Me Downs Lyrics

Verse 1
Still have that worn out glove
In the back of the closet.
One my dad gave to me
When I turned thirteen.
He said he’d teach me how
To throw that twelve-six curveball.
Just like all the pros
We watched on T.V.

Senior year my brother
Went off to college.
Pops gave me the talk
And handed my first set o’ keys.
To a Buckner Rust a little beaten up
Thought it would breakdown every mile.
But somehow it always got
For me to be.

Chorus
Those hand me downs
Didn’t mean much back then
They sure do now.

All the memories that I
Couldn’t live without,
Are still hangin’ around…
Those hand me downs.

Verse 2
All the final records
Sittin’ up in the attic.
From Cash and Merles
To Patti and Bruce Springsteen.

I can still hear our voices
Cuttin’ through the static.
On those long car rides from
Boston to Tennessee.

Chorus
Those hand me downs
Didn’t mean much back then
They sure do now.

All the memories that I
Couldn’t live without,
Are still hangin’ around…
Those hand me downs.
Those hand me downs…
Oh-whoa.

Bridge
His laugh, his grin, his stuborness,
And when to give a ****.
All the lessons learned
That made me who I am.

Chorus
Those hand me downs
Didn’t mean much back then
They sure do now.

All the memories that I
Couldn’t live without,
Are still hangin’ around…

Those hand me downs…
Those hand me downs..
Ohh-whoa..


Song Meaning & Review

This song reminisces about the little things they had back when he was still a kid. “Hand me downs”, things that someone already used before and usually they come from your family members.

Things that can definitely still be used by the next generation. To some people, hand me downs don’t mean much nor do they have much value to them.

On the contrary, there are people like me who give the most amount of importance to hand me downs because for me, they might not cost anything for me anymore but they do hold sentimental value.

Back then, those hand me downs didn’t mean much to the artist but as time flew, the memories that came with those hand me downs meant everything.

And as he grew older, he realized that the memories and experiences that came with those hand me downs are part of the reasons why he became the man he is today, and I think that realization is beautiful.

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