Teena Marie - Congo Square Lyrics
(feat. George Duke)Sundays was better than other daysMondays through SaturdaysSundays we danced like there's no tomorrowDuke (Ellington) played piano in StoryvilleWe sang the Blues round midnight until...The sun came up and we'd improviseCongo Square on a dope patoi, Congo Square on a dope patoiCongo Square on a dope patoi, all eyes open on Yeshua (Jesus)Lester (Young) was there, so was Ms. BaduLouie (Armstrong) played turmpet on West End BluesAin't that Jill Scott with my sweet Aunt Nancy (Wilson)Sassy (Sarah Vaughn) and Ella (Fitzgerald) start scattin' nowThey start a frenzy there in the crowdSistahs has always been so resilientCongo Square on a dope patoi, Congo Square on a dope patoiCongo Square on a dope patoi, all eyes open on Yeshua (Jesus)Ain't no filet gumbo babe without the rueAin't no joyous feelings without payin' duesI'm gonna tie my pink bandana on'Cause what don't kill me make me strongSing my Billie (Holiday) "Strange Fruit" songAnd dig my roots up... Congo Square(Dig this man)Sundays was really the only daysThat took the place of the lonely daysSundays we looked to the new horizionsI see the light at the end of the tunnel sirJazz and Blues born of the slave gospelBlack angels pick the white fiels of cottonCongo Square on a dope patoi, Congo Square on a dope patoiCongo Square on a dope patoi, all eyes open on Yeshua (Jesus)Ain't no filet gumbo babe without the rueAin't no joyous feelings without payin' duesI'm gonna tie my pink bandana on'Cause what don't kill me make me strongSing my Billie (Holiday) "Strange Fruit" songAnd dig my roots up... Congo Square... Congo SquareCongo Square... Congo Square(Party 'til the sun come up)(Play that piano man)
