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Leader Of the Laundromat
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Artists: The Detergents (peak Billboard position # 19 in 1964)
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(parody of the Shangri-las?밚eader Of the Pack)
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The Detergents included the ubiquitous Ron Dante who, on his own, used multi-
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track solos to create the Archies (밪ugar, Sugar? and the Cuff Links (밫racy?
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Words and Music by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance
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< > = sound effect
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[ ]= spoken
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( )= sung by backup group
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(humming)
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[Is he really goin?out with 멷r? I don't know. Look, here he comes now. Let's ask
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멼m. Hey, Murray, is it true Betty's wearin?your ring? Uh-huh.
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Who's that bangin?on the piano? I don't know. You goin?out with
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her tonight? You bet yer fur. By the way, where뭗 ya meet her? ]
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I met her one day at the Laundromat.
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[She turned around and smiled at me, ya get the picture? Yes, we see.]
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And that's when I fell in love with the Leader Of the Laundromat
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My folks were always putting her down (down, down)
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Because her laundry came back brown (brown, brown)
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I don't care if they think she's bad
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I fell in love cuz she looked so sad
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I got a date tonight with the Leader Of the Laundromat
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[Dang it!!]
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My dad said 밊ind a laundry that's new?(find a laundry that's new)
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How can I tell my baby we're through (tell my baby we're through)
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Gotta drive right into town
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I don't care if my shirts are brown
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I got a date tonight with the Leader Of the Laundromat
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[Dang it!!]
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[When I finally got there, I told her it was all over between us. I'll never forget the
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hurt and the funny look in her eye. She grabbed my laundry and ran into the street,
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directly into the path of a runaway garbage truck. I yelled 뱖atch out !, watch out !,
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watch out !, watch out !, watch ou-u-t ! ?br>
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[Dang it!!]
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I felt so messy standing there (messy standing there)
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My daddy's shorts were everywhere (daddy's shorts were everywhere)
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Tenderly I kissed her goodbye
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Picked up my clothes, they were finally dry
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But I won't forget you, oh Leader Of the Laundromat
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(oh-oh-oh-oh)
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(ooh--ooh뾬oh뾬oh)
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[Who's that bangin?on the piano?
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I don't know.]
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Leader Of The Laundromat
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| The Detergents |
