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Can Blue Men Sing The Whites

from The Mahogany Sideboard Presents: The Top Drawer by Ian Bourne

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The Bonzo Dog Band posted this question of cultural appropriation back in 1968. As relevant today as it wasn't then.

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Oh Lord, wish my bed wasn't silken sheets so tight
I got to keep my strength up got to do a show tonight
I'll have a cup of coffee while I'm taking in the news
No need to have a shave 'cause I'm gonna sing the blues

Well, I think I'll get a massage, maybe lose a little fat
So I'll have to go downtown in my brand new Cadillac
My valet comes and dresses me, I light a big cigar
Because I like to look like Nimrod when I'm riding in my car

Can blue men sing the whites
Or are they hypocrites for singing, woo, woo, wooh?

And now it's getting near the time, I gotta make the scene
I change out my dark gray mohair suit put on my dirty jeans
The band comes round to pick me up, I holler, "Hello, boys"
I gotta mess my hair up, I'm gonna make some noise brrr

Can blue men sing the whites
Or are they hypocrites for singing woo, woo, wooh?

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from The Mahogany Sideboard Presents: The Top Drawer, released December 3, 2016
Stanshall

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Ian Bourne Nuneaton, UK

Acoustic artist, performing quirky (and often obscure) covers and moody original songs, usually solo, but sometimes with a variety of friends.

Musician, nice guy, photographer, husband, father, temporary world citizen, unwilling future corpse
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