A clean-up woman is a woman who Gets all the love we girls leave behind The reason I know so much about her Is because she picked up on a man of mine Chumpin' Slick was my ruin Because I now did all I was doin' Was makin' it easy for the clean-up woman To steal my man's love away, oh, yeah oh, yeah, I was makin' it easy For the clean-up woman To steal my man's love away, oh, yeah I took this man's love and I put it on a shelf And like a fool, I thought I had him all to myself When he needed love and I was out havin' fun But I found out that all I had done Was make it easy for the clean-up woman To steal my man's love away, oh, yeah oh, yeah, I was makin' it pretty easy For that dirty sneakin' clean up woman To steal my man's love away, oh, yeah When he needed love and I was out havin' fun But I found out that all I had done Was make it easy for the clean-up woman To steal my man's love away, oh, yeah I guess, I was makin' it pretty easy For that dirty sneakin' clean-up woman To steal my man's love away, oh, yeah Clean-up woman, she'll wipe his blues away She'll give him penny lovin', 24 hours a day Clean-up woman, she'll sweep him off his feet She's the one now to take him in When you dump the man in the street So take the tip, you better get hip To the clean-up woman, 'cause she's tough You know, she really cleans up What a fool I was to leave that man alone