The Middle Class Lyrics

The song The Middle Class is performed by Jacques Brel in the album named Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in the year 2006 .



Your heart feels so right
Your eyes swim in the beer
Where the barroom lights are hung
And with your friend Jojo
And with your friend Pierre
You drink a toast to being young
Jojo thinks he's Voltaire
And Pierre, Casanova
And me who proudly did not care
Me, I was a lover
And at midnight we watched the
Lawyers pa*s
Coming out of hotels which had real cla*s
We showed them our good manners
And we showed them our a*s
And, oh, how we sang
The middle cla*s are just like pigs
The older they get, the dumber they get
The middle cla*s are just like pigs
The fatter they get, the less they regret
Your heart feels so right
Your eyes swim in the beer
Where the barroom lights are hung
And with your friend Jojo
And with your friend Pierre
Holding on to being young
Voltaire danced like a vicar
Casanova, he was too stout
And me who proudly did not care
Me, I drank till I pa*sed out
And at midnight
We watched the salesmen pa*s
Coming out of hotels which had real cla*s
We showed them our good manners
And we showed them our a*s
And, oh, how we sang
The middle cla*s are just like pigs
The older they get, the dumber they get
The middle cla*s are just like pigs
The fatter they get, the less they regret
But your heart slows down
Your eyes do not flash
The hotel bartender sings our praise
Jojo's no clown
Pierre pays in cash
Among the bookkeepers we pa*s our days
Jojo now speaks of Voltaire
Casanova's just a book on the shelf
And, me, I proudly do not care
Me, I talk only of myself
And everybody knows
That we've got real cla*s
There is not a night that we can pa*s
Those lousy kids
Who always show us their a*s
And, oh, how they sing
The middle cla*s are just like pigs
The older they get, the dumber they get
The middle cla*s are just like pigs
The fatter they get, the less they regret



Jacques Brel - Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

Nov 2006

  1. Le Diable (Ca Va)
  2. If We Only Have Love (Intro)
  3. Alone
  4. Jackie
  5. My Childhood
  6. Timid Frieda
  7. Fanette
  8. Le Moribond/My Last Supper
  9. Sons Of
  10. The Middle Class
  11. Old Folks
  12. Funeral Tango
  13. My Death
  14. Song For Old Lovers
  15. Next
  16. No Love, You're Not Alone
  17. Carousel
  18. If We Only Had Love
  19. Madeleine
  20. Amsterdam
  21. Ne Me Quitte Pas
  22. Marieke

The Middle Class