Boys
Beware the Vibrant Shadows: Unveiling the Dandy Warhols' Revelatory Song Meaning
Lyrics
Boys had better beware
Boys should be cautious or alert
You could seem to color your hair
You might appear to change your hair color
Or on a wig, you already spent
Or wear a wig, indicating effort or expense
All the dough to cover your rent
Spent all the money to cover your rent
But not so cool man if you care
Not so cool if you care about the impact on others
For all the other boys caught in your bleach job hair
Warning about the effect on other boys with similar hair changes
And girls better beware
Girls should also be cautious or alert
Boys, you better, you better
Reiteration of the warning to boys
Yeah
Repetition or emphasis, possibly indicating a carefree attitude
Yeah
-Yeah
-Yeah
-Boys had better beware
Boys should be cautious again
You could seem a wasted affair
You might seem like a wasted or undesirable situation
And like a bitch you already spent
Comparing to a negative term (bitch) regarding financial spending
All the dough you promised your friends
Spent all the money promised to friends
But not so cool man if you care
Not cool if you care about others
For all the other boys caught in your bleach job hair
Warning about the impact on other boys with similar hair changes
And girls, you better beware
Girls should be cautious again
Boys, you better, you better
Reiteration of the warning to boys
Yeah
Repetition or emphasis, possibly indicating a carefree attitude
Yeah
-Yeah
-Yeah
-Ah ah
Expressing a sound, possibly indicating a transition or shift in focus
Boys said
Boys expressing admiration for a girl's hands, likening them to God's
She had
-Like God's hands
-A-men
-Oh man it's not fair
Expressing that the situation is not fair
To all the other boys caught in your bleach job hair
Warning about the impact on other boys with similar hair changes
And girls, you better beware
Girls should be cautious again
Boys, you better, you better
Reiteration of the warning to boys
A-heh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh
Expressing laughter or amusement, possibly indicating a nonchalant attitude
A-heh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh
-Ah ah ah ah
-A-heh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh
Repetition of laughter or amusement
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