Boys will be Boys
[fast-paced frantic folk, raw acoustic guitar, driving banjo, off-kilter drum fills, eerie sawtooth synth undercurrent, desperate tremolo violin, urgent male vocals, lo-fi tape hiss, streamofconscious
Boys will be Boys
[fast-paced frantic folk, raw acoustic guitar, driving banjo, off-kilter drum fills, eerie sawtooth synth undercurrent, desperate tremolo violin, urgent male vocals, lo-fi tape hiss, streamofconscious
Lyrics
Intro
Chorus
Them dang ol’ dingbats got in muh dang beer
Yeeaaah them dang ol’ Marty boys did it again
How the hell I wet my whistle with no dang beer
The Marty boys daddy gonna get me in his ear
Ooooooooo ooooooo
Verse 1
Spoke tuh Sheriff Tate all he could muster was a shrug
“Boys will be boys” he said “they just havin’ some fun”
But I reckon I ain’t a man if they use me like a rug
I’ll use vigilante justice to wipe the grins off them mugs
Chorus
Them dang ol’ dingbats got in muh dang beer
Yeeaaah them dang ol’ Marty boys did it again
How the hell I wet my whistle with no dang beer
The Marty boys’ daddy gonna get me in his ear
Ooooooooo ooooooo
Verse 2
Got my shotgun in place steady, trip wire under tension
Got it angled at the floor just wanna teach those boys a lesson
Just to shake em up a bit, a harmless little scare,
So them dang ol’ boys steer clear from muh dang ol beer
Chorus
Them dang ol’ dingbats got in muh dang beer
Yeeaaah them dang ol’ Marty boys did it again
How the hell I wet my whistle with no dang beer
The Marty boys’ daddy gonna get me in his ear
Verse 3
Well I tell you folks I swear it was just a dang ol joke
But what happened that night could turn the devil’s mood cold
That boy Ted Marty must have been too close
Hank done seent a trench plowed through his brother’s skull
Bridge
What I thought was a solution changed the town for the worse
I’m sittin in a cell and a child’s in a hearse
“Boys will be boys” wish I had stayed a rug
Then that boy’s poor mama’d still see his happy mug
Final Chorus
Them dang ol’ dingbats got in muh dang beer
Yeeaaah them dang ol’ Marty boys did it again
How the hell I wet my whistle with no dang beer
The Marty boys’ daddy gonna get me in his ear
Outro
Boys will be boys
Boys will be
Yeah they’ll be
Yeah they’ll be
Boys will be…
Lord they’ll be…
Yeah boys will be…
End