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Bernard Boutet de Monvel - Wall Street in New York, 1930-31
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Leyla McCalla - The Capitalist Blues
de l'album du même nom, Jazz Village/PIAS 2019

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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 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 everyrthing
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