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Intro
Verse 1
Take a pinch of white man, wrap it up in black skin.
Add a touch of blue blood,
And a little bitty bit of Red Indian boy.
Verse 2
Curly Latin kinkies,
Mixed with yellow Chinkees,
If you lump it all together,
Well, you've got a recipe for a get-along scene;
Oh, what a beautiful dream,
If it could only come true, you know, you know.
Chorus 1
What we need is a great big melting pot,
Big e-nough to take the world and all it's got.
Keep it stirring for a hundred years or more,
And turn out coffee coloured people by the score.
Interlude
Verse 3
Rabbis and the friars, bishops and the gurus,
We got the Beatles, or the Sun God,
Well, it really doesn't matter,
What re-ligion you choose, no, no no, ooh.
Verse 4
Mick and Lady Faithfull,
Or... Mrs. Graceful.
You know that livin' could be tasteful,
We should all get together in a lovin' machine,
I better call up the Queen,
It's only fair that she knows, you know, you know.
Chorus 2
What we need is a great big melting pot,
Big e-nough to take the world and all it's got.
Keep it stirring for a hundred years or more,
And turn out coffee coloured people by the score.
Chorus 3
What we need is a great big melting pot,
Big e-nough, big enough, big e-nough,
To take the world and all it's got.
Keep it stirring for a hundred years or more,
And turn out coffee coloured people by the score.
(Repeat to Fade)
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