[00:07.809]My mother bought it secondhand
[00:11.798]from a silent movie star.
[00:15.788]It was out of tune,
[00:17.968]but still I learned to play.
[00:23.349]And with each note we both would smile,
[00:27.648]forgetting who we are.
[00:31.638]And all the pain would simply
[00:36.990]fly away.
[00:37.699]
[00:38.779]Something secondhand and broken
[00:42.799]still can make a pretty sound.
[00:46.979]Even if it doesn't have a place to live.
[00:53.859]Oh, the words were left unspoken
[00:58.639]when my mama came around.
[01:02.719]But that secondhand white baby grand
[01:07.519]still had something beautiful
[01:10.839]to give.
[01:14.789]
[01:19.190]Through missing keys and broken strings
[01:22.609]the music was our own.
[01:26.509]Until the day we said our last good-byes.
[01:33.889]The baby grand was sent away.
[01:39.100]A child all alone
[01:42.149]to pray somebody else would realize
[01:48.949]that something secondhand and broken
[01:48.990]
[01:53.329]still can make a pretty sound.
[01:57.789]Even if it doesn't have a place to live.
[02:04.769]Oh, the words are still unspoken,
[02:09.148]now that mama's not around.
[02:13.880]But that secondhand white baby grand
[02:17.718]still has something beautiful
[02:21.798]to give.
[02:24.398]
[02:25.358]For many years the music had to roam,
[02:32.858]until we found a way to find a home.
[02:40.728]So now I wake up every day and see her standing there
[02:48.958]Just waiting for a partner to compose.
[02:56.388]And I wish my mother still could hear
[03:00.599]that sound beyond compare.
[03:05.890]I'll play her song till everybody knows
[03:10.819]
[03:11.578]that something secondhand and broken
[03:15.798]still can make a pretty sound.
[03:19.868]Don't we all deserve a family room
[03:24.608]to live.
[03:26.828]Oh, the words can't stay unspoken
[03:31.578]until everyone has found
[03:37.890]that secondhand white baby grand
[03:42.608]that still has something beautiful
[03:49.638]to give.
[03:56.719]
[04:00.998]I still have something beautiful
[04:05.589]to give.