Eddie Kendricks - Shoeshine Boy Lyrics

Umm
Shoeshine boy
How you do your work so well?

Shoeshine boy
Tryin' to make a livin, you go somewhere

Shoeshine boy
Where are you gonna be ten years from now?
(Just move, just keep workin')

(Shoeshine boy) I wanna know
Are you gonna be the richest man around?
You've been workin' so hard
So many things in life to learn

Shoeshine boy
What will you discover?
(Sha-la-la, what you?)

Though it's a long way up, you'll reach the top
Now when you'll finally get back
(Don't forget) forget (where) you came

Shoeshine boy,
Workin' so hard in the noon day sun
(Just, just keep workin')

(Shoeshine boy) look at you now, gettin' it together
Teasing the guys and havin' lots of fun

Shoeshine boy
Yeah, don't you know that you're a star?
(Yeah, you're a star)
(Shoeshine boy) just the way, just the way that you are

You've been workin' so hard
So many things in life to learn (so much to learn)
Shoeshine boy
What will you discover?
Yeah
(Sha-la-la, what you?)

Shoeshine boy
Shoeshine boy
(Sha-la-la, what you?)
You've been workin' so hard

Shoeshine boy
(Sha-la-la, what you?)
Don't you know that you're a star?
Hmm-ah, that's the way that you are
Hey (sha-la-la, what you?)