Little Hipsters

My friend Leigh is incredibly talented.  Two Master's degrees from Princeton, plays a myriad of musical instruments, and is the best writer I know personally.  Seriously, remind me to post her unicorn story.  Yesterday we had this brief conversation:


Leigh:  ea i've just written an incredible song
Me:  really??? can you send it to me?
Leigh:  it's called "little hipsters" and it's to the tune of "little boxes"
Me:  loooooooooooove it. send me the lyrics please
Leigh: okay it's a work in progress but i'll forward it along


For those of you fellow heathens that also used to watch Weeds, you'll recognize Little Boxes as the theme song.  I love her version and it is now sufficiently stuck in my head.  There's talk of her recording it... 

“Little Hipsters”

Little hipsters on their fixed gears

Little hipsters made of irony

Little hipsters on their fixed gears

Little hipsters all the same.

There’s a white one and a white one

and a white one, look, an Asian one!

And they’re all made out of irony

And they all look just the same.

All the hipsters in their city lofts

All got liberal arts degrees

where they studied grammatology

and all started a band.

And there’s raconteurs and bon vivants

and American Apparel employees

and they’re all made out of irony

and they all look just the same.

And they listen to their record players

and drink up all their microbrew

but they don’t have hipster children

‘till they’re forty-two.

And the children go to outdoor shows

and then to the university

where they study business

so they can get out of debt.

And the boys leave to work at banks

and they listen to soft rock

in boxes devoid of irony

and looking just the same.

There’s a white one and a white one

and a white one, look! an Asian one,

and they’re all made from hipsters

and they all look just the same. 

For the correct tune, here is Little Boxes: