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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Barbara Alston
Barbara Alston
Lead Vocals
Dolores Kenniebrew
Dolores Kenniebrew
Background Vocals
La La Brooks
La La Brooks
Background Vocals
Mary Thomas
Mary Thomas
Background Vocals
Myrna Giraud
Myrna Giraud
Background Vocals
Patricia Wright
Patricia Wright
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Barry Mann
Barry Mann
Composer
Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil
Composer
Phil Spector
Phil Spector
Arranger
Hank Levine
Hank Levine
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Phil Spector
Phil Spector
Producer
Bill MacMeeken
Bill MacMeeken
Engineer
Vic Anesini
Vic Anesini
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
He gets up each morning and he goes downtown
Where everyone's his boss and he's lost in an angry land
He's a little man
[Chorus]
But then he comes uptown each evening to my tenement
Uptown where folks don't have to pay much rent
And when he's there with me he can see that he's everything
Then he's tall, he don't crawl, he's a king
[Verse 2]
Downtown he's just one of a million guys
He don't get no breaks and he takes all they got to give
'Cause he's got to live
[Chorus]
But then he comes uptown where he can hold his head up high
Uptown he knows that I'll be standing by
And when I take his hand, there's no man who could put him down
The world is sweet, it's at his feet, when he's uptown
[Bridge]
Woah-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
Woah-oh, woah-oh, oh, yeah
Let me tell ya now
[Chorus]
Uptown where he can hold his head up high
Uptown he knows that I'll be standing by
And when I take his hand, there's no man who could put him down
The world is sweet, it's at his feet, when he's uptown
[Outro]
Woah-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
Let me tell ya now, uptown
Woah-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Written by: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
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