Name: Beatnik Boys
Duration: P00H03M01S
Description: This song is an upbeat alternative pop-punk story about a group of self-described beatnik musicians that are rebelling against their current institutions to escape to a new place where they're free to be themselves and curate a better life that's truer to their own personalities.

Beatnik Boys

from Tell Em We Say Hi by Pretty Beggar

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This song is an upbeat alternative pop-punk story about a group of self-described beatnik musicians that are rebelling against their current institutions to escape to a new place where they're free to be themselves and curate a better life that's truer to their own personalities.

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Faded black t-shirts
Calloused fingers hard down to the bone
Headlights pointed out to California
And no plans to ever make it home
Cigarette in ready lips
Scars of rebellion lingering in tow
Tattoos marking what we understand
And nobody else’ll ever know

Cos we were beatnik boys with nothing but a head full of soul
All we own is what we carryin’ sayin
I forged a mind from the boredom and now
I can’t be bothered to not be boogiein’

Starry eyed driver boy
Lead footed methodica never knew a doubt
Head in the heavens level with the gods
And no ropes to pull him down
Promiscuously vagabond
Counter culture Kerouac in us all
Even though we ain't making any money
I'm standing 50’ tall

Cos we were beatnik boys with nothing but a head full of soul
All we own is what we carryin’ sayin
I forged a mind from the boredom and now
I can’t be bothered to not be boogiein’

Well we’re surviving with a clever wit and daily we’re hanging by a thread
Pickin pockets like monkey stealin bread
Tank out of gas n’only enough cash for Arizona
But that’s alright I could make a fine life there in Sedona

Cos we were beatnik boys with nothing but a head full of soul
All we own is what we carryin’ sayin
I forged a mind from the boredom and now
I can’t be bothered to not be boogiein’

credits

from Tell Em We Say Hi, released May 11, 2017
Written by Michael Castle and Tim Jurasewicz
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion: Michael Castle
Drums: Tim Jurasewicz
Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Brian Lanese
Engineered by Orlando Mestre
Graphic Design by Bigshot Robot
www.prettybeggar.com
@prettybeggar
(c) Pretty Beggar LLC, 2017

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Indie Rock band out of Milwaukee WI consisting of band members Michael Castle and Tim Jurwsewicz. Formed in the summer of 2015 this group emphasizes lyrical potency and storytelling within catchy upbeat grooves.

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