you can never tell what's in a man's mind
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and if he's from harlem there's no use of even trying
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just like the tot his mind comes and goes
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like march weather when he'll change
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nobody knows nobody knows
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the man i love well he just turn me down
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he's a harlem brown
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off times i wish that i were in this ground,
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six feet underground
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he allows me as no other could no no
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then he surprises me leave me a note saying
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he's gone for good
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and since my sweetie left me harlem
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well it ain't the same old place
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though a thousand dandies smile right in my face
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i think i move some hall maid who champ go out for a lark
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just to drive off this mean you note harlem blues
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you can have your Broadway give me Lenox Avenue
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angels from the sky stroll seventh of that things i do
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from Madame Walker's beauty shops to pro-system to
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that may those girls angels without any doubt
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there are songs for something harlem
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well i'm taught its sudden death
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to let somebody see you even stop to get trouble breath
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if you never been to harlem
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then i guess you'll never know
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how these mean note harlem blues
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i 've this one sweet spot in harlem known as Drivers' Road
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ditty folk song call 'em one thing you should know
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is that i have a friend who lives there
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i know he won't refuse
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to put some music to my troubles and call it harlem blues
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and since my sweetie left me harlem
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well it ain't the same old place
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though a thousand dandies smile right in my face
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i think i move some homemaid who champ go out for a lark
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just to drive off this mean you note harlem blues
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i've this one sweet spot in harlem known as Drivers' Road
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ditty folk song call 'em
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one thing you should know
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is that i have a friend who lives there
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i know he won't refuse
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to put some music to my troubles and call it harlem blues
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to put some music to my troubles and call it the harlem blues
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harlem , the harlem blues
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harlem , the harlem blues
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Harlem Blues
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| Terence Blanchard |
