Sadie The Cleaning Lady

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Sadie the cleaning lady
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With trusty scrubbing brush and 
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pail of water
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Worked her fingers to the bone for 
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the life she had at home
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Providing at the same time for her 
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daughter

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Ah Sadie the cleaning lady
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Her aching knees not getting any 
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younger
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Well her red detergent hands have 
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for years not held a man's
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And time would find her heart 
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expired of hunger

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Scrub your floors, do your chores, 
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dear old Sadie
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Looks as though you'll always be a 
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cleaning lady
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Can't afford to get bored, dear old
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 Sadie
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Looks as though you'll always be a 
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cleaning lady

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Ah, Sadie the cleaning lady
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Her female mind would find a way of
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 trapping
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Though as gentle as a lamb, Sam the
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 elevator man
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So she could spend the night by TV 
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napping

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Ah, Sadie the cleaning lady

Her aching knees not getting any 
younger

Well, her red detergent hands have 
for years not held a man's

And time would find her heart 
expired of hunger

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Ah, scrub your floors, do your 
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chores, dear old Sadie
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Looks as though you'll always be a 
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cleaning lady
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Can't afford to get bored dear old 
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Sadie
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Looks as though you'll always be a 
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cleaning lady

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Ah, Sadie the cleaning lady
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Her Sam was what she got hook line 
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and sinker
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To her sorrow and dismay, she's 
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still working to this day
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Her Sam turned out to be a nervous 
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figure

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Ah, scrub your floors, do your 
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chores, dear old Sadie
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Looks as though you'll always be a 
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cleaning lady
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Can't afford to get bored dear old 
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Sadie
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Looks as though you'll always be a 
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cleaning lady