"Blackpatch" lyrics

Invitations to my party
Send Jones an inviting card
He got his mean streak from the gutter
Got his kindness from God

Now tugboats paint the river
Carry coal to the city and white dock liners
Happiness on the uptown side
At my party in the morning tide (Party in the morning)

Ooh, la la la, blackpatch
Ooh, la la la, blackpatch
Ooh, la la la, blackpatch
In blackpatch, in blackpatch

Clothespins on wash ropes
Window to window tie
Socks and bells and nightgowns (Socks and bells and)
Tassels in the morning (Tassels in the morning)
Tassels in the morning sky

People are you ready? (Ready, ready)
People are you tryin'?
Ready, ready (Ready)
Ready, ready
Tell me I've been thinkin' (Ready, ready)
Tell me I've been thinkin'

Woman child on the side street
Flashing in blackpatch
Lipstick on her reefer
Waiting for a match