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Shoe Shine Boy
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Duke Ellington
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Though you haven't many toys
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You don't envy any boys
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Every day's a work day
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Your work is just a game
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I'd like to sing your praise
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But I don't know your name
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You're just a shoe shine boy
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You work hard all day
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Shoe shine boy
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Got no time to play
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Every nickel helps a lot
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So shine, shine, shoe shine boy
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You find joy in the things you do
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Shoe shine boy seldom ever blue
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You're content with what you've got
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So shine, shine, shoe shine boy
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People look at you with scorn
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'Cause your clothes are worn and torn
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Still you never whine
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You keep looking up and down the street
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Pleading with each one you meet
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Brother, can you spare a shine?
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Oh, shoe shine boy, soon the day will come
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Shoe shine boy soon a tune you'll hum
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Every nickel helps a lot
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So shine, shine, shoe shine boy
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Shoe shine, shoe shine boy
Shoeshine Boy - Eddie Kendricks (1974)
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