sadie (the cleaning lady)

Singer:farnham, john

sadie

the cleaning lady

with trusty scrubing brush and pale of water

worked her fingers to the bone

for the life she had at home

providing at the same for her daughter. oh sadie

the cleaning lady

her aching knee's not getting any younger

well her red detergent hands

have for years not held a mans

and time would find her hard in spite of hunger. scrub your floors

do your chores

dear old sadie

looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady. can't afford to get board

dear old sadie

looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady. oh sadie

the cleaning lady

her female mind would find a way of trapping

though as gentle as a lamb

sam the elevator man

so she could spend the night by tv napping

oh sadie

the cleaning lady

her aching knee's not getting any younger

well her red detergent hands

have for years not held a mans

and time would find her hard in spite of hunger. scrub your floors

do your chores

dear old sadie

looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady. can't afford to get board

dear old sadie

looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady. oh sadie

the cleaning lady

her sam was what she got for crying and singing. to her solo and dismay

she's still working 'till this day

her sam then that to be another singer. scrub your floors

do your chores

dear old sadie

looks as though you'll always be a cleaning lady.