Surfin'

Album: Surfin' Safari (1961)
Charted: 75
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  • Surfin' is the only life, the only way for me
    Now surf, surf with me
    Bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip
    Bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip

    I got up this mornin', turned on my radio (ooh, surfin')
    I was checkin' on the surfin' scene to see if I would go (ooh, surfin')
    And when the DJ tells me that the surfin' is fine (ooh, surfin')
    That's when I know my baby and I will have a good time

    We're going surfin' (bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip)
    Surfin' (bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip)
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    Surfin' is the only life the only way for me
    Now surf, surf with me
    Bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip
    Bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip

    From the early morning to the middle of the night (ooh, surfin')
    Any time the surf is up the time is right (ooh, surfin')
    And when the surf is down to take its place (ooh, surfin')
    We'll do the surfer's stomp, it's the latest dance craze

    We're going surfin' (bom bom dip di dit)
    Surfin' (bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip)
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    Surfin' is the only life, the only way for me
    Now surf, surf with me
    Bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip
    Bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip

    Now, the dawn is breaking and we really gotta go (ooh, surfin')
    But we'll be back here very soon that you better know (ooh, surfin')
    Yeah, my surfer knots are rising and my board is losing wax (ooh, surfin')
    But that won't stop me, baby, 'cause you know I'm coming back

    We're going surfin' (bom bom dip di dit)
    Surfin' (bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip)
    Surfin' (bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip)
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    Surfin' ((bom-bom-dit-di-dit-dip)
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    Surfin' is the only life, the only way for me
    Now, come on pretty baby and surf with me, yeah Writer/s: Brian Wilson, Mike Love
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Pearson Hamm from Georgia This is a great song it’s funny it came out in 1961 the year Eddie Murphy was born
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 11th 1962, "Surfin'" by the Beach Boys entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #93; five weeks later on March 18th it would peak at #75, and that was its sixth and final week on the Top 100...
    It was the first of their four charted 'surfing' records, the other three were; "Surfin' Safari" {#14 in 1962}, "Surfin' U.S.A." {#3 in 1963}, and "Surfer Girl" {#7 in 1963}...
    R.I.P. Dennis Wilson {1944-1983} and Carl Wilson {1946-1998}.
  • Jb from Hanover, NhDavid is right about "Surfin' USA"
  • David from Flushing, MiThe video is incorrect, it is "Surfin' USA"...not "Surfin'"..which is a simpler song and does not sound like Chuck Berry's Sweet Little Sixteen as Surfin' USA does.
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