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Celie (to harpo)
You gon' let sofia go?
Harpo
I have to. I can't stop her.
Celie
What you gon' do then?
Harpo
I'm gon' tear down this house she made me build, and make myself a jukejoint.
Harpo
Brown-legged woman put a spell on me.
Buddy & other buddy
Oh, brown betty!
Buddy 3
Time you forget about sofia.
Buddy 4
She not comin' back.
Harpo
She chop me down like an ol' oak tree.
Harpo & two buddies
Don't matter if she
Big-legged, brown-eyed,
Big-eyed, brown-legged . . .
Whatever she done, that girl sho was fine.
Squeak
What y'all buildin' here?
Harpo
Jukejoint.
Squeak
Ya'll need a waitress? My name's squeak.
Harpo
Hoowhee!
Gonna make you holler like a wild cat do
Harpo & buddies
Oh, brown betty!
Harpo
When i throw my mojo down on you.
Harpo & buddies
Don't matter if she
Big-legged, brown-eyed,
Big-eyed, brown-legged . . .
Whatever she is, that girl sho is fine.
Buddies
Whatever she is, that girl sho is fine.
Huh!
Squeak
Who gon' sing at your jukejoint?
Harpo
Whoever want to, i guess.
Squeak
You get shug avery come sing here you make a lot of money. She sing for you,
Harpo. I know she will. You so pretty.
Harpo
Men ain't pretty.
Squeak
You is.
If you wanna eat the apple
Offa dis here tree . . .
Harpo & buddies
Yeah, brown betty!
Squeak
. . . Don't bring nothin' but
Your sweet stuff
Home to me.
Harpo & buddies
Don't matter if she
Big-legged . . .
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Buddies
Big-legged,
Harpo
Brown-eyed,
Buddies
Brown-eyed
Harpo
Big-eyed,
Buddies
Big-eyed,
Harpo
Brown-legged,
Buddies
Brown-legged . . .
Harpo & buddies
Whatever she is,
That girl sho is fine.
Harpo
Whatever she is,
That girl sho is fine.
Last Update: April, 07th 2014
Color Purple, The Lyrics
- Act 1
- Overture
- Huckleberry Pie/Mysterious Ways
- Somebody Gonna Love You
- Our Prayer
- That Fine Mister
- Big Dog
- Lily Of The Field
- Dear God - Sofia
- A Tree Named Sofia
- Hell No!
- Brown Betty
- Shug Avery Comin' To Town
- All We've Got To Say
- Dear God - Shug
- Too Beautiful For Words
- Push Da Button
- Uh Oh!
- What About Love?
- Act I Finale
- Act 2
- African Homeland
- The Color Purple
- Church Ladies' Easter
- I Curse You Mister
- Mister's Song - Celie's Curse
- Miss Celie's Pants
- Any Little Thing
- What About Love (Reprise)
- I'm Here
- The Color Purple (Reprise)