Lets Be Beat by Michael Cohen Songbook from Pergola Italy

a jazzy evocation of beatnik culture, performed by fuzzy logic.
liz sumner: vocals
elizabeth richardson: vocals
traci booth: vocals
michael cohen: guitar, music, lyrics l
michael nieckoski: percussion
steve armstrong: bass
steve bourque: drums

let’s be beat
let’s be-bop down that crazy street
wear black all day from our beret
down to our sandaled feet

let’s be beat
let’s show that cool’s not obsolete
we’ll masquerade behind our shades
dig on each cat we meet

let’s make it down to the village
if you will a jumpin’ bongo beat
will wreck your brain, drive you insane
he’s playing crazy, cool and dizzy
wonder is he from the congo
out of his gone mind or on cloud nine

let’s be beat, we can be so cool despite the heat
i’ll be avante garde in black leo
even in the snow and sleet

let’s be beat, let’s congregate with the hip elite
hey daddy-o at my pad you know
we can groove on something sweet

let’s hang around in the village
up until that crazy sunrise burns into our brain
like monk and trane
we will be joking we’ll be jiving
we’ll be thriving on the rhythms
of the paperboys and the traffic noise

let’s be beat, let’s show that wild’s more fun than neat
like smoke some tea, dig poetry
in a dark bat retreat