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 [bad word] 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 [bad word] 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