Bourgeois Blues

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Me and my wife went all over town,

And everywhere we went people turned us down.

C7

Lord, in a bourgeois town.

It's a bourgeois town,

D7

I got the bourgeois blues

Gonna spread the news all around.

Home of the brave, land of the free,

I don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie.

Lord, in a bourgeois town.

Uhm, the bourgeois town,

I got the bourgeois blues

Gonna spread the news all around.

Well, me and my wife we were standing upstairs,

We heard the white man say "I don't want no niggers up there".

Lord, in a bourgeois town.

Uhm, bourgeois town,

I got the bourgeois blues

Gonna spread the news all around.

Well, them white folks in Washington, they know how

To call a colored man a nigger - just to see him bow.

Lord, it's a bourgeois town.

Uhm, the bourgeois town,

I got the bourgeois blues

Gonna spread the news all around.

I tell all the colored folks to listen to me:

Don't try to find you no home in Washington, DC.

'Cause it's a bourgeois town.

Uhm, the bourgeois town,

I got the bourgeois blues

Gonna spread the news all around .