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 and white dock liners

Happiness on the uptown side

At my party in the morning tide (Party in the morning)

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 (Socks and bells and)

Tassels in the morning (Tassels in the morning)

Tassels in the morning sky

People are you ready? (Ready, ready)

People are you tryin'?

Ready, ready (Ready)

Ready, ready

Tell me I've been thinkin' (Ready, ready)

Tell me I've been thinkin'

Woman child on the side street

Flashing in blackpatch

Lipstick on her reefer

Waiting for a match