Dreamgirls movie - Goin' Downtown lyrics
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LITTLE ALBERT AND THE TRU-TONES: <br>
Me and my baby going downtown<br>
Me and my baby getting down tonight<br>
Me and my baby going downtown<br>
Me and my baby gonna check check check out the sights<br>
We're looking around (You're telling us, sweet lady)<br>
We're looking around (Gonna have us a time tonight)<br>
Check check checking it out<br>
Check check checking it out<br>
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JAMES "THUNDER" EARLY: Marty? Marty! <br>
I said no mayonnaise! <br>
How many times have I told you no mayonnaise on the chicken sandwich?<br>
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MARTY: ...Thousands, Jimmy. Now eat it.<br>
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JAMES "THUNDER" EARLY: I'm forced to baby, 'cause I'm starving.<br>
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MARTY: You've got a bigger problem. Charlene and Joanne just walked.<br>
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JAMES "THUNDER" EARLY: Just walked? Just walked! <br>
They can't do that to Jimmy! I need backup!<br>
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MARTY: Yeah, you do. <br>
And not only for tonight...what about the ten week tour starting tomorrow?<br>
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JAMES "THUNDER" EARLY: Marty, you got ten minutes to deliver, or else.<br>
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MARTY: Jimmy...you've already gone through every girl on the circuit. <br>
I warned you to lay off the women you work with! <br>
You got plenty of other women out there.<br>
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JAMES "THUNDER" EARLY: There sure are, but who's got time to go out lookin'! <br>
I'm always workin'!<br>
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MARTY: Yeah...'cause Marty always keeps you working.<br>
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LITTLE ALBERT AND THE TRU-TONES: Check, check, checking it out!<br>
Checking it over<br>
Checking it out<br>
Checking it over<br>
Checking it out<br>
I'm....Checking it over<br>
Checking it out.......(continuing in background)<br>
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DEENA JONES: Oh no...no! They have the same wigs we have!<br>
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LORRELL ROBINSON: We're ruined unless we can find new wigs.<br>
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EFFIE WHITE: Why do we need wigs in the first place?<br>
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DEENA JONES: Because, we need a look...I got it! ...Turn the wigs around.<br>
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LORRELL ROBINSON: ...What?<br>
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DEENA JONES: Turn the wigs around! <br>
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LORRELL ROBINSON: Oh Deena, it's so...different.<br>
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DEENA JONES: It's sophisticated-looking.<br>
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EFFIE WHITE: Front-ways or back-ways, wigs ain't natural. <br>
And what about these dresses? <br>
I mean, this dress does NOTHING for my body.<br>
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DEENA JONES: Effie, my mama spent three weeks sewing up these dresses. <br>
Shoot, they helped us win that contest in Chicago.<br>
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EFFIE WHITE: Big deal, so we won three albums we already had.<br>
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C.C. WHITE: <br>
I'm going downstairs now, and hand this music out to the guys in the pit.<br>
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DEENA JONES: Hey, C.C., do you really think we're gonna win?<br>
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C.C. WHITE: ...We're gonna win.<br>
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(EFFIE, DEENA, and LORRELL shout about how they're going to win)<br>
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LITTLE ALBERT AND THE TRU-TONES: We're going downtown!<br>
To check check check out the sights!<br>
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ANNOUNCER: Let's hear it for Little Albert and the Tru-Tones! <br>
Weren't they fabulous? Now, put your hands together for Tiny Joe Dixon! <br>
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DEENA: Oh, we're next!<br>
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