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