Albert King – Answer To The Laundromat Blues (Guitar)

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(Spoken) This number's bein' especially played and dedicated to all of the women

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from all of the men. You see, you girls, had a

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good thing goin' but we hip to ya now. You take two or three pieces and go down to the laundromat.

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An' take ya eight hours to wash 'em. No good! We gonna buy you

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washers and dryers and we're gonna put ya at home in the basement

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and we gonna kick the door down that goes to the basement

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while we can hear the washer when it stop. And baby, baby, baby, when that washer stop you better be

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though or you better have a darn good explanation!

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'Cause you gonna get whoopped all on the toenails,

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we're gonna raise your eyelashes and whoop you some and if you

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run fast enough we're gonna whup ya on the bottom of the feet.

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Ain't that right men? Speak up for yourself! (yeah, yeah)

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There will be no more goin' to the laundromat puttin' your clothes in there

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and gettin' your girlfriend keep her eye on it

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while you step out the back door you better take

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my advise: you might need it on your vacation this summer.

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I'd hate to see ya come up with a leg screwed off or a eye punched out. Yeah!Whoa! yeah, yeah!

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I know you don't know it babe (yeah, yeah, yeah) but things look bad for you.

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Hey, I know youn don't

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know it, babe, but I'm gonna keep a close eye on you

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Well, ev'ry

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time you go to the laundromat, baby, I want you to know, I want you to know that I'll be there too!

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