Verse 1 A Me and my wife went all over town A Everywhere we went the people turned us down Chorus D Lord, it's a bourgeois town A Oooh, it's a bourgeois town E A I got the bourgeois blues, I'm gonna spread the news all around Verse 2 A Come all of you people and listen to me A Don't try to buy no home in Washington, D.C. Chorus D Lord, it's a bourgeois town A Oooh, it's a bourgeois town E A I got the bourgeois blues, I'm gonna spread the news all around Verse 3 A The home of the brave, the land of the free A I don't want to be mistreated by no bourgeoisie Chorus D Lord, it's a bourgeois town A Oooh, it's a bourgeois town E A I got the bourgeois blues, I'm gonna spread the news all around