What happened to the dandies Those gentlemen of the grandest Culture Destroyers of dreaded boundaries Mockers of meaningless morality Inquisitors of a profound lack of imagination Guardians of good taste Messengers of modernity
What happened to those 19th century hipsters Who so gracefully dissected Society And whose wit and wisdom Shook the foundations Of mainstream hypocrisy Of inept intellectualism And lamentable lies
We are in dire need of retrieving The lost art of being a dandy To shake the foundations once more And to revoke the righteous rage Of the cultural creed To set society aflame With wit and wisdom