LEYLA McCALLA
14. The Capitalist Blues (Leyla McCalla)
Leyla McCalla (voc, tenor bjo), Shannon Powell (trap set), Carl LeBlanc (tenor bjo), Ben Polcer (p), Will Smith (t), Bruce Brackman (cl), Paul Robertson (tb), Jon Gross (tuba). Preservation Hall, New Orleans, LA
von: The Capitalist Blues (Jazz Village, 2019)
You keep telling me to climb this ladder
I’ve got to pay my dues
But as I rise, the stakes get higher
I’ve got the Capitalist Blues
And if I give everything
I won’t have much more to lose
I am swimming in an ocean of sharks
They are telling me how I’m gonna
I’m gonna make my little mark
In this cold, cold world
It can be such a cold, cold world
You keep telling me to go a little higher
Try to take a different view
But you can see I’m not inspired
I’ve got the Capitalist Blues
And if I give everything
I won’t have much more to lose
It’s not fair, it’s not right
I don’t know what I’m gonna do with my life
It’s not fair, it’s not right
I wasn’t born to just endure all this strife
Tryna make my way
In this cold, cold world
It can be such a cold, cold world
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