Blackpatch

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 in white dock liners
 Happiness on the uptown side
 At my party in the morning tide
 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
 Tassels in the morning, tassels in the morning sky
 People, are you ready?
 (Ready, ready)
 People, are you trying?
 Ready, ready, ready, ready
 (Ready, I'm ready)
 I'm ready, I'm ready
 Womanchild on the side street
 Flashing in blackpatch
 Lipstick on her reefer
 Waiting for a match