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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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