You wash them clothes Sweedeedee And hang 'em on the line I can see by the way You wash them clothes Cookin' must be fine I'm with you in the morning 'Til the break of day I know everybody Has a little hard luck sometimes I know lately, I've been havin' mine We used to live In a fleabag apartment You know the kind And he come home And he'd say to me "We gotta leave, leave, leave the city" You wash them clothes Sweedeedee And hang 'em on the line I can see by the way You wash them clothes Cookin' must be fine I'm with you in the morning 'Til the break of day I know everybody Has a little hard luck sometimes I know lately, I've been havin' mine