Tonart: F major
Verse 1
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Back home, we got this great big
old factory sittin' right in the middle of town
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And almost everybody in town
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Yeah, it's almost about like every
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other factory around there, I guess
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The white folks do the easier work and
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wear the white uniforms
The colored folks do the hard labor
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and wear the blue uniforms
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This is the story about an old boy waiting outside
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the factory for his girl to get off work
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And the boy speaks...:
Verse 2
Man, this sidewalk is hot; al
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most five o'clock
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Wait 'til that whistle blows
And out she'll come
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and fall in my arms
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Man when them folks see that
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They'll want to ride us out
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of town on a rail
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Well, I guess they just
don't understand
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About my brown girl,
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my brown girl
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Brown girl, brown girl
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Verse 3
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She used to have a good job
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But you know, as soon as folks found
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out we's goin' together
They handed her a broom and said
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"Here girl, keep things clean"
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But you know they just can't fire her,
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the union won't let them
She's the highest payed
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sweeper in town
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And I'm the luckiest guy in the world
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'Cause I found brown girl,
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my brown girl
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Brown girl, brown girl
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Verse 4
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You know,
all day long folks put her down
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making smart little remarks
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But she never cries,
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not until she's in my arms
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Why, even her own folks
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won't speak to her
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And at times, I bet her poor little heart is
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as blue as the uniform she wears
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Yep, when she gets off she'll be tired,
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but she'll smile
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Midst the sneers, the leers,
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and the jeers and the curse words
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She'll smile, 'cause you know
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love can conquer anything
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It can climb the highest mountain,
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swim the deepest ocean
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even between men's hearts
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Yep, love is the great cleanser
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Take an old pair of dungarees
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The more they're washed,
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the whiter they get
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Yeah, love conquers all, even hate
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I can't wait for my brown girl,
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my brown girl
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Brown girl, brown girl
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With the blue dress on
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She wears it well
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