The Bourgeois Blues

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Me and my wife went all over town
 And everywhere we went people turned us down
 Lord, in a bourgeois town
 It's a 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'n 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
 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, 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

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Duration
03:16
Key
9
Tempo
148 BPM

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