Black Patch

People, are you ready? (Ready, ready!)
 People, are you trying?
 Ready, ready (ready!)
 Ready, ready (ready!)
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 Invitations to my party, send Jones an inviting card
 He got his mean streak from the gutter
 Got his kindness from God
 
 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
 Morning, morning, uhh!
 La, la, la, black patch
 Uhh, la, la, la, black patch
 Uhh, la, la, la, black patch
 In patch, in patch
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 Clothespins on wash ropes
 Window to window tie
 Socks and bells and nightgowns
 Tassels in the morning, tassels in the morning
 Tassels in the morning sky!
 People, are you ready? (Ready, ready)
 People, are you trying?
 Ready, ready (ready!)
 Ready, ready (ready!)
 Are you ready? (I'm ready)
 I am ready, I am ready! (I've been bleeding, ye-ah)
 Woman child on the side street
 Flashing in black patch
 Lipstick on her reefer, waiting for a match