The Marvelettes — Uptown

[Verse 1] Each morning my man goes downtown Where everyone's his boss and he's lost in an angry land He's a little man [Chorus] But then he comes uptown each evenin' to my tenement Uptown where folks don't have to pay much rent And when he's there with me, he can see that he's everything Then he's tall, he don't crawl, he's a king [Verse 2] Downtown he's just one of a million guys He don't get no breaks and he takes all they got to give 'Cause he's got to live, he's got to live [Chorus] But then he comes uptown where he can hold his head up high Uptown he knows that I am standing by And when I take his hand, there's no man who could put him down The world is sweet, it's at his feet, when he's with me uptown [Refrain] Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, yeah Let me tell ya now [Chorus] Uptown where he can hold his head up high Uptown he knows that I am standing by And when I take his hand, there's no man who could put him down The world is sweet and at his feet, when he's with me uptown [Refrain] Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah Let me tell ya now, uptown Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh He knows that I'll be waiting there He knows he'll find someone who cares He knows that he can be my king He knows that the joy that my love bring Ooh, yeah, mmm Oh