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Oh, the smell of the bakery from across the street
Got in my nose
As we carried our ladders down the street
With the wrought-iron gate rows
I went home and listened to Jimmie Rodgers in my lunch-break
Bought five Woodbines at the shop on the corner
And went straight back to work.
Oh, Sam was up on top
And I was on the bottom with the v
We went for lemonade and Paris buns
At the shop and broke for tea
I collected from the lady
And I cleaned the fanlight inside-out
I was blowing saxophone on the weekend
In that down joint.
What's my line?
I'm happy cleaning windows
Take my time
I'll see you when my love grows
Baby don't let it slide
I'm a working man in my prime
Cleaning windows (number a hundred and thirty-six)
I heard Leadbelly and Blind Lemon
On the street where I was born
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee,
Muddy Waters singin' "I'm A Rolling Stone"
I went home and read my Christmas Humphreys' book on Zen
Curiosity killed the cat
Kerouac's "Dharma Bums" and "On The Road"
What's my line?
I'm happy cleaning windows
Take my time
I'll see you when my love grows
Baby don't let it slide
I'm a working man in my prime
Cleaning windows

h8rhater Apr 30, 2013 - 09:56	Barman wrote: Indeed you are. [ Reply ]
h8rhater Apr 30, 2013 - 09:56	d-don wrote: Thank you so much for waxing so eloquently... ... and cluelessly. [ Reply ]
catnip Jan 26, 2013 - 13:09	Brilliant, but the version on 'Live at the Grand Opera House" blows the pants off this... [ Reply ]
fredriley Dec 26, 2012 - 04:49	Personally, to this I prefer George Formby's When I'm Cleaning Windows . TFF PSD. [ Reply ]
d-don Oct 24, 2012 - 12:06	johnjconn wrote: yuk Van, the boring Man Thank you so much for waxing so eloquently... [ Reply ]
juanos Oct 24, 2012 - 12:03	ambrebalte wrote: I love Van Morrison. Sans condition. I'm with u [ Reply ]
Tom_Whitehorse Aug 22, 2012 - 11:49	Sounds like Knopfler in the background at some points [ Reply ]
Barman Aug 22, 2012 - 11:48	johnjconn wrote: yuk Van, the boring Man [ Reply ]
ZM_Herb Aug 22, 2012 - 11:48	johnjconn wrote: yuk Van, the boring Man Sorry you don't get it......... [ Reply ]
johnjconn Jun 20, 2012 - 14:12	yuk Van, the boring Man [ Reply ]
kurtster Jun 20, 2012 - 14:10	and follow this up with Joe Walsh's All Night Laundermat Blues [ Reply ]
djaychicago May 19, 2012 - 19:09	helgigermany wrote: Very nice! Indeed, very very nice! Luv Van Morrison. [ Reply ]
Bobert_ParkCity May 19, 2012 - 19:09	mike00712 wrote: I`ve played this Song before 10 Years in my own Band. I was the Drummer , and my Job Windowscleaner . Don't think he was talking about the same windows. I've only cleaned mine once, at a dead show at Giants Stadium in 78 [ Reply ]
helgigermany Apr 18, 2012 - 01:41	Very nice! [ Reply ]
mike00712 Mar 17, 2012 - 09:31	I`ve played this Song before 10 Years in my own Band. I was the Drummer , and my Job Windowscleaner . [ Reply ]
gypsyman Jan 13, 2012 - 20:20	Proclivities wrote: ...or Chuck. or Hunter... I just picked this up last week. Yep, they're all there. Like a friggin' time machine, listening to this. [ Reply ]
Bleyfusz Dec 13, 2011 - 01:59	DaveInVA wrote: This song came out in 1982 not 1964 and was on the Beautiful Vision LP. Here is the artwork I rather dig the album. Though I always felt somewhat uneasy about that aryan mist stuff.... [ Reply ]
gemtag Nov 11, 2011 - 08:51	Most excellent and bouncing tune. Van always makes me feel good. [ Reply ]
cosmiclint Nov 11, 2011 - 08:47	Can't believe I had this as a nine. Corrected [ Reply ]
TerryS Oct 10, 2011 - 19:34	George Formby was the genesis of this tune. [ Reply ]