Me and my wife run all over town Everywhere we go, the people would turn us down Lord, in a bourgeois town It's a bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around
Me and my wife we were standing upstairs I heard the white man say'n I don't want no niggers up there Lord, he's a bourgeois man 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 The bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues, I'm Gonna spread the news all around
Me and my wife went all over town And where we go, the colored people turn us down Lord, in a bourgeois town It's a bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues, I'm gonna spread the news all around
Them white folks in Washington they know how To call a man a nigger just to see him bow Lord, it's a bourgeois town Uhm, the bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues I'm 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 It's a bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues and I'm gonna spread the news
Bourgeois Town (The Fall)
And your wife And your city Don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie I'm in a bourgeois town I'm in a bourgeois town I'm in a bourgeois town Spread the news all around
Open newspaper, what do I see A politician with kids doing the best for me I'm in a bourgeois town I'm in a bourgeois town I'm in a bourgeois blues Spread the news all around
Get on a bus Keep head down A DJ gets on; sits opposite like a clown A bourgeois town I'm in a bourgeois town I've got the bourgeois blues Spread the news all around
I've got the bourgeois blues In a bourgeois town
And I go to park, for fresh air I look around there's loads of beach bums and men with shaven hair I've got the bourgeois blues I've got the bourgeois blues I'm in a bourgeois town Spread the news all around
I open mail, for letters from friends Or maybe cheques All I get is demands from the C.O. Exchequer 1 I'm in a bourgeois town I'm in a bourgeois city I've got the bourgeois blues Spread the news all around
Get on a train, to get out of town Sat opposite a politician with his head held down Walk back streets, to fresh air I meet a journalist with no money for beer I'm in a bourgeois town I'm in a bourgeois town I'm in a bourgeois town
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See also Tav Falco’s Panther Burns’ version.
Footnotes
Presumably this is the “Chancellor Of the Exchequer”, the UK equivalent of a minister of finance. So the “demands” would be tax demands. See Wikipedia: Chancellor of the Exchequer. ↩︎
Sources / Links
Smith, Mark E. (2008). Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith. London: Penguin.
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