文本歌词

Free and Equal Blues - Josh White/Ella Fitzgerald/Dizzy Gillespie
I went down to that St James Infirmary
And I saw some plasma there
I ups and asks the doctor man
Now was the donor dark or fair
The doctor laughed a great big laugh
And he puffed it right in my face
He said a molecule
Is a molecule son
And the damn thing has no race
And that was news
Yes that was news
That was very very very special news
'Cause ever since that day weve had those
Free and the equal blues
You mean you heard that doc declare
That the plasma in that test tube there could be
White man
Black man
Yellow man red
Thats just what that doctor said
So doc put down his doctor book and gave me
A very scientific look
And he spoke out plain
And clear and rational
He said metabolism is international
And that was news
Yes that was news
That was very very very special news
'Cause ever since that day weve had those
Free and the equal blues
Then the rigged up his microscope
With some royal blue blood
It was the same as
Chun king quebechef chattanooga timbuktoo blood
Those men who think they're noble
The corpuscle is global
Disunite the racial supremacy
Flying in the face of old man chemistry
Taking all the facts and trying to twist them
But you can't overthrow the circulatory system
And that was news
Yes that was news
That was very very very special news
'Cause ever since that day weve had those
Free and the equal blues