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The Penguin Discography: Clean Up Woman




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Clean Up Woman
    Authors »
Willie Clarke, Clarence Reid

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The clean up woman is the woman who
Gets all the love we girls leave behind
The reason I know so much about her
Is because she picked up on a man of mine
Jumpin' slick was my ruin
'Cause I found out that all I was doin'
Was to make it easy for the clean up woman
To steal my man's love away, oh yeah
Oh yes, I was makin' it easy
For the clean up woman
To steal my man's love away, oh yeah

I took this man's love and I put it on the shelf
And like a fool I thought I had him all to myself

Bridge:
When he needed lovin' I was out havin' fun
But I found out that all I had done
Was to make it easy for the clean up woman
To steal my man's love away, oh yeah
Oh yes I was makin' it good and easy
For that dirty, sneaky clean up woman
To steal my man's love away, oh yeah

(Repeat Bridge)

Clean up woman
She'll wipe his blues away
She'll give him plenty of love love lovin'
Twenty four hours a day
Clean up woman
She'll sweep him off his feet
She's the one that'll take him in
When you dump the man in the street
So take a tip, you better get hip
To that clean up woman 'cause she's tough
You know she really cleans up
What a fool I was to leave that man alone
Runnin' out every night
To those women's liberation meetings
But I found out
While I was out raisin' my consciousness
That man was at home a-raisin' somethin' else.....

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Performance #1:
Running Time 2:50
Performers Betty Wright (Vocals), Willie Hale (Little Beaver) (Guitar)
Commentsby Betty Wright
Appears On
Respect: A Century Of Women In Music (1999)
Various Artists
Performance #2:
Running Time 4:06
Performers Maria Muldaur (Vocals), Maria Muldaur (Background Vocals), Peter Bunetta (Drums), Willie Weeks (Electric Bass), (Rev.) Pat(rick) Henderson (Piano), John (Leslie) Hug (Electric Guitar), Robben Ford (Electric Guitar), Rick Vito (Slide Guitar), (Ms.) Bobbye Hall (Percussion), Junior Walker (Autry DeWalt Mixon) (Sax Solo), David Woodford (Tenor Horn), Bryan Cumming(s) (Tenor Horn), Jim/James Gordon (Baritone Horn), Curt Sletten (Trumpet), Beckie/Becky (Rebecca) Burns (Background Vocals), Brenda Burns (Background Vocals), Pepper Watkins (Background Vocals), Greg Prestopino (Background Vocals), Wendy Waldman (Background Vocals), Rodney Finney (Background Vocals), Anthony Philips (Background Vocals), Jeremy Smith (Mixed By)
CommentsMixed at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, The Burbank Studios
Appears On
Open Your Eyes (0000)
Maria Muldaur

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2008-07-30