Leader Of the Laundromat

Artists: The Detergents (peak Billboard position # 19 in 1964)
(parody of the Shangri-las?밚eader Of the Pack)
The Detergents included the ubiquitous Ron Dante who, on his own, used multi-
track solos to create the Archies (밪ugar, Sugar? and the Cuff Links (밫racy?

Words and Music by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance

< > = sound effect
[ ]= spoken
( )= sung by backup group

(humming)

[Is he really goin?out with 멷r? I don뭪 know. Look, here he comes now. Let뭩 ask
멼m. Hey, Murray, is it true Betty뭩 wearin?your ring? Uh-huh.
Who뭩 that bangin?on the piano? I don뭪 know. You goin?out with
her tonight? You bet yer fur. By the way, where뭗 ya meet her? ]

I met her one day at the Laundromat.
[She turned around and smiled at me, ya get the picture? Yes, we see.]
And that뭩 when I fell in love with the Leader Of the Laundromat

My folks were always putting her down (down, down)
Because her laundry came back brown (brown, brown)
I don뭪 care if they think she뭩 bad
I fell in love cuz she looked so sad
I got a date tonight with the Leader Of the Laundromat

[Dang it!!]

My dad said 밊ind a laundry that뭩 new?(find a laundry that뭩 new)
How can I tell my baby we뭨e through (tell my baby we뭨e through)
Gotta drive right into town
I don뭪 care if my shirts are brown
I got a date tonight with the Leader Of the Laundromat

[Dang it!!]

[When I finally got there, I told her it was all over between us. I뭠l never forget the
hurt and the funny look in her eye. She grabbed my laundry and ran into the street,
directly into the path of a runaway garbage truck. I yelled 뱖atch out !, watch out !,
watch out !, watch out !, watch ou-u-t ! ?br>

[Dang it!!]

I felt so messy standing there (messy standing there)
My daddy뭩 shorts were everywhere (daddy뭩 shorts were everywhere)
Tenderly I kissed her goodbye
Picked up my clothes, they were finally dry
But I won뭪 forget you, oh Leader Of the Laundromat

(oh-oh-oh-oh)

(ooh--ooh뾬oh뾬oh)

[Who뭩 that bangin?on the piano?
I don뭪 know.]