Ooh, la, la, la, blackpatch
Window to window tie
Flashing in blackpatch
Womanchild on the side street
(Ready, ready)
People, are you ready?
Ooh, la, la, la, blackpatch
Clothespins on wash ropes
Ready, ready, ready, ready
Happiness on the uptown side
Got his kindness from God
Now tugboats paint the river
Carry coal to the city in white dock liners
Ooh, la, la, la, blackpatch
People, are you trying?
Lipstick on her reefer
At my party in the morning tide
In blackpatch, in blackpatch
Tassels in the morning, tassels in the morning sky
Socks and bells and nightgowns
He got his mean streak from the gutter
I'm ready, I'm ready
(Ready, I'm ready)
