Album Name

Diamond Life

Artist

Sade

Genre

R&B/Soul

Release Date

1984

Release Agency

Epic

Sally - Sade
Sally you opened out your arms
to all those young men
And girl you had room
for every one of them
You're the only girl
on Barry and Third
Sure as hell
you're the only one who cares
So put your hands together for Sally
She saved all those young men
Put your hands together for Sally
She the one who cared for them
She's doing our dirty work
She's the only one who can
Doing our dirty work thirsty world
one angry day in New York
Take a look at Dave
he was once seventeen
Zoot suit and shiny shoes
He ran around town
and threw his metholated laughter
Most of his memories drowned
But he remembers
what his mother used to shout
She used to shout
One day surely son
the street are gonna tire you out
So put your hands together for Sally
She's the one who cared for him
Put your hands together for Sally
She was there
when his luck was running thin
She's doing our dirty work
She's the only one who can
Doing our dirty work thirsty world
one angry day in New York
Tommy had a wife and family
but the needle came
between the love
and the hard times
Thank God for Sally
she was there through the misery
Just a place to lay his head
Just about better off than dead

She's doing our dirty work
She's the only one who can
Doing our dirty work thirsty world
one angry day
Vince came up from the country
Couldn't even find himself a room
Thinking about his babies
They're further away than the moon
With no money but his pride
in his pocket
There's really no way
he can go home
There's a picture of his woman
in his locket
Most of all he doesn't
want to be alone
So put your hands together for Sally
She's the one who cared for him
Put your hands together for Sally
She was there
when his luck was running thin
She's doing our dirty work
She's the only one who can
Doing our dirty work thirsty world
one angry day in New York