Backlash Blues (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
๐ต 910 characters
โฑ๏ธ 3:54 duration
๐ ID: 9465436
๐ Lyrics
Mr. blacklash, Mr backlash
Who'd you think I am?
You raise my taxes
Freeze my wages
Send my son in Vietnam
You gave me second class houses
Second class foods
You think all colored people
Are just second class fools
Mr backlash
I'm gon leave you with the blues, yes I am
When I try to find a job
To earn a little cash
All you got to offer is your middle wife, backlash
The world is big now, big round and round
And it's full of other folks like me who're black, yellow beige and brown
Oh Mr backlash I'm gon leave you with the blues, yes I am
I say when Langston Hughes died
He told me many months before
He said, "Nina keep on working
'Till they open up the door now,
And run on stage when you make it
And them doors are open wide
Make sure youu tell 'em exactly where it's at
So there'll be no other place to hide"
So I'm telling you
Warning you
Telling you now oh oh oh
I'm gonna leave you with the blues
Who'd you think I am?
You raise my taxes
Freeze my wages
Send my son in Vietnam
You gave me second class houses
Second class foods
You think all colored people
Are just second class fools
Mr backlash
I'm gon leave you with the blues, yes I am
When I try to find a job
To earn a little cash
All you got to offer is your middle wife, backlash
The world is big now, big round and round
And it's full of other folks like me who're black, yellow beige and brown
Oh Mr backlash I'm gon leave you with the blues, yes I am
I say when Langston Hughes died
He told me many months before
He said, "Nina keep on working
'Till they open up the door now,
And run on stage when you make it
And them doors are open wide
Make sure youu tell 'em exactly where it's at
So there'll be no other place to hide"
So I'm telling you
Warning you
Telling you now oh oh oh
I'm gonna leave you with the blues
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.06] Mr. blacklash, Mr backlash
[00:52.28] Who'd you think I am?
[00:54.86] You raise my taxes
[00:56.39] Freeze my wages
[00:57.97] Send my son in Vietnam
[01:00.95] You gave me second class houses
[01:03.68] Second class foods
[01:06.44] You think all colored people
[01:08.52] Are just second class fools
[01:11.72] Mr backlash
[01:15.08] I'm gon leave you with the blues, yes I am
[01:20.89]
[01:23.17] When I try to find a job
[01:25.94] To earn a little cash
[01:28.46] All you got to offer is your middle wife, backlash
[01:33.25] The world is big now, big round and round
[01:39.44] And it's full of other folks like me who're black, yellow beige and brown
[01:45.80] Oh Mr backlash I'm gon leave you with the blues, yes I am
[01:54.61]
[03:01.56] I say when Langston Hughes died
[03:06.11] He told me many months before
[03:08.87] He said, "Nina keep on working
[03:11.63] 'Till they open up the door now,
[03:14.38] And run on stage when you make it
[03:16.91] And them doors are open wide
[03:19.44] Make sure youu tell 'em exactly where it's at
[03:22.42] So there'll be no other place to hide"
[03:25.51] So I'm telling you
[03:28.86] Warning you
[03:31.76] Telling you now oh oh oh
[03:38.95] I'm gonna leave you with the blues
[03:44.11]
[00:52.28] Who'd you think I am?
[00:54.86] You raise my taxes
[00:56.39] Freeze my wages
[00:57.97] Send my son in Vietnam
[01:00.95] You gave me second class houses
[01:03.68] Second class foods
[01:06.44] You think all colored people
[01:08.52] Are just second class fools
[01:11.72] Mr backlash
[01:15.08] I'm gon leave you with the blues, yes I am
[01:20.89]
[01:23.17] When I try to find a job
[01:25.94] To earn a little cash
[01:28.46] All you got to offer is your middle wife, backlash
[01:33.25] The world is big now, big round and round
[01:39.44] And it's full of other folks like me who're black, yellow beige and brown
[01:45.80] Oh Mr backlash I'm gon leave you with the blues, yes I am
[01:54.61]
[03:01.56] I say when Langston Hughes died
[03:06.11] He told me many months before
[03:08.87] He said, "Nina keep on working
[03:11.63] 'Till they open up the door now,
[03:14.38] And run on stage when you make it
[03:16.91] And them doors are open wide
[03:19.44] Make sure youu tell 'em exactly where it's at
[03:22.42] So there'll be no other place to hide"
[03:25.51] So I'm telling you
[03:28.86] Warning you
[03:31.76] Telling you now oh oh oh
[03:38.95] I'm gonna leave you with the blues
[03:44.11]