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Are you Bourgeois?

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V1
He was stuck in an overheated, packed commuter, train,
when he thought he heard someone call out, he thought he heard his name.


Looking into a crowd of faces, filling up the space,

while the guy to his right, was staring, at his phone, while trying to whisper,
to a girl who was clutching a suitcase.

CHORUS
And we are so bourgeois, but we all think we’re stars.

We want to have much more, than what life’s got in store,
dear me, we are the bourgeoisie.


V2
He was down on his luck and frankly, he was quite depressed.
Then a guy at the gym had told him about his hypnotherapist
.
Thumbing through an old magazine inside a waiting room,

and he couldn’t help overhearing, someone say, in muffled tones,

“imagine you’re crawling right back into the womb”

.

CHORUS

And we are so bourgeois, but we all think we’re stars.
We want to have much more, than what life’s got in store,
dear me, we are the bourgeoisie
.


BRIDGE

And some of us make it, and some of us fake it,
But most of us wouldn’t know where to be begin

But personally I don’t think it’s a sin, to want to reach up,
instead of throw up
, as the new day,
as the new day breaks in.


V3

If you peak through the artifice, try not to get confused.
it’s always better to leave the cave, than stay and be abused. 

You may not be the type who thinks they need to see real light


But unless you can break the cycle, of delusion, and try and climb out,
I’m afraid you’ll lose more than your eyesight

CHORUS

And we are so bourgeois, but we all think, we’re stars.

We want to have much more, than what life’s got in store,
dear me, we are the bourgeoisie

.

Dear me, we are the bourgeoisie

.
Dear me.

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from The Disappearing Architect, released June 21, 2021
Written, arranged, performed, recorded, engineered and produced by John "Yanni" Fotiadis
Sonic advice: Marc Shearer

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Empty City Squares New Jersey

John Fotiadis (AKA "Yanni" to his friends), is an Architect by day and a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist the rest of the time. Over the last 15+ years he's written and recorded music for film, Theater, TV, and Podcasts.

Yanni loves old rock and roll and blues and a lot of music from the UK. Empty City Squares is his sometimes real / sometimes virtual band. ... more

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