Me and my wife went all over town
And everywhere we went people turned us down
Lord, in a bourgeois town
In a 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
In a bourgeois town
Uhh, in a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around

Well, me and my wife we're standing upstairs
We heard the white man say "I don't want no niggers up there"
Lord, in a bourgeois town
Uhh, in a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around

Well, white folks in Washington sure know how
To call a colored man a n***a just to see him bow
Lord, it's a bourgeois town
It's a bourgeois town
Got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around
I tell the colored folks, "You all listen to me
Don't you try to find no home in Washington, DC
'Cause it's a bourgeois town"
It's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around