ALL SUMMER LONG

The Beach Boys

1. "I Get Around"
(Stereo)
Time: 2:12 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #50441 Recorded 4/2/64
Single Released 5/11/64 (Capitol 5174)
Charted 5/23/64 Reached #1
A side with "Don't Worry Baby"
Brian Wilson

Round round get around
I get around
Yeah
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Get around round round I get around
My kind o' town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread

I'm gettin' bugged driving up and down this same old strip
I gotta finda new place where the kids are hip

My buddies and me are getting real well known
Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone

I get around
Get around round round I get around
My kind o' town
Get around round round I get around
I'm a real cool head
Get around round round I get around
I'm makin' real good bread
Get around round round I get around
I get around
Round
Get around round round oooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo
Wah wa ooo

We always take my car cause it's never been beat
And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet

None of the guys go steady cause it wouldn't be right
To leave their best girl home now on Saturday night

Round round get around
I get around
Yeah
Get around round round I get around
Get around round round I get around
Wah wa ooo
Get around round round I get around
Oooo ooo ooo
Get around round round I get around
Ahh ooo ooo
Get around round round I get around
Ahh ooo ooo
Get around round round I get around
Ahh ooo ooo

2. "All Summer Long" (Stereo)
Time: 2:06 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #52124 Recorded 5/6/64 & 5/7/64
Brian Wilson

Sittin' in my car outside your house
(Sittin' in my car outside your house)
'Member when you spilled coke all over you blouse

T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs
(T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs)
We've been having fun all summer long

(All summer long you've been with me)
I can't see enough of you
(All summer long we've both been free)
Won't be long til summer time is through
(Summer time is through)
Not for us now

Miniature golf and Hondas in the hills
(Miniature golf and Hondas in the hills)
When we rode the horse we got some thrills
Every now and then we hear our song
(Every now and then we hear our song)
We've been having fun all summer long

Won't be long til summer time is through
(Summer time is through)
Not for us now
Every now and then we hear our song
(Every now and then we hear our song)
We've been having fun all summer long
We've been having fun all summer long
(We've been having fun all summer long)
We've been having fun all summer long
(We've been having fun all summer long)
We've been having fun all summer long

3. "Hushabye"
Time: 2:39 Rightsong Music BMI
Master #52125 Recorded 4/??/64
On Extended Play Single "Four By The Beach Boys"
Which included: Hushabye", "Little Honda",
"Wendy" and "Don't Back Down" (order unknown)
Released 9/21/64 (Capitol 5267)
Song did not chart
D. Pomus/M. Schuman

Oo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
Ah ah ah ah
Oo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
Ah ah ah ah
Oo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
Ah ah ah ah

Hush hush
Hushabye
Hushabye
Hushabye
Oh my darlin' don't you cry
Guardian angels up above
Take care of the one I love

Oo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
Ah ah ah ah

Hush hush
Hushabye

Oo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo
Ah ah ah ah

Hush hush
Hushabye

Oooo oooo oooo oooo

Lullabye and goodnight
In your dreams I hold you tight
Lullabye and goodnight
Til the dawn's early light

Pillows lying on your bed
Oh my darling rest your head
Sandman will be coming soon
Singing you a slumber tune

Oo ooo oooo oooo ooo ooo ooo
Hush
Hush
Hushabye
Oo ooo oooo oooo ooo ooo ooo
Hush
Hush
Hushabye
Oo ooo oooo oooo ooo ooo ooo

Oo ooo oooo oooo ooo ooo ooo
Ah ah ah ah

4. "Little Honda"
Time: 1:51 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #51839 Recorded 4/??/64
On Extended Play Single "Four By The Beach Boys"
Which included: "Hushabye, "Little Honda",
"Wendy", and "Don't Back Down" (order unknown)
Released 9/21/64 (Capitol 5267)
Charted 10/17/64 Reached #65
Brian Wilson/Mike Love

GO!

I'm gonna wake you up early
Cause I'm gonna take a ride with you
We're going down to the Honda shop
I'll tell you what we're gonna do
Put on a ragged sweatshirt
I'll take you anywhere you want me to

First gear (Honda Honda) it's alright (faster faster)
Second gear (little Honda Honda) I lean right (faster faster)
Third gear (Honda Honda) hang on tight (faster faster)
Faster it's alright

It's not a big motorcycle
Just a groovy little motorbike
It's more fun that a barrel of monkeys
That two wheel bike
We'll ride on out of the town
To any place I know you like

First gear (Honda Honda) it's alright (faster faster)
Second gear (little Honda Honda) I lean right (faster faster)
Third gear (Honda Honda) hang on tight (faster faster)
Faster it's alright

It climbs the hills like a matchless
Cause my Honda's built really light
When I go into the turns
Lean [Tilt] with me and hang on tight
I better turn on the lights
So we can ride my Honda tonight

First gear (Honda Honda) it's alright (faster faster)
Second gear (little Honda Honda) I lean right (faster faster)
Third gear (Honda Honda) hang on tight (faster faster)
Faster it's alright

5. "We'll Run Away"
Time: 1:59 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #52126 Recorded 4/30/64 & 5/18/64
Brian Wilson/Gary Usher

We know they're right when they say we're not ready
But all we care is how we feel right now
We'll go ahead just the same
Prepare to take the blame
We'll run away and get married anyhow

They warned us that we can't live on love forever
But we just tell them we'll get by somehow
Our problems will be greater
We'll worry 'bout them later
We'll run away and get married anyhow

If other kids went through it
Then I know we can do it
If our love is that much stronger
It will last that much longer

It wasn't too long ago when our folks were
Were going through the same thing we are now
But one thing they're forgetting
A thing they're not regretting
They ran away and got married anyhow
(Ran away and got married)
Anyhow
(Ran away and got married)
They ran away and got married anyhow

6. "Carl's Big Chance"
Time: 2:24 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #52128 Recorded 4/??/64
Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson

Instrumental

7. "Wendy"
Time: 2:14 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #52128 Recorded 4/??/64
On Extended Play Single "Four By The Beach Boys"
Which included: "Hushabye, "Little Honda",
"Wendy", and "Don't Back Down" (order unknown)
Released 9/21/64 (Capitol 5267)
Charted 10/17/64 Reached #44
Brian Wilson

Wendy, Wendy what went wrong
Oh so wrong
We went together for so long

I never thought a guy could cry
'Til you made it with another guy
Oh Wendy, Wendy left me alone
Hurt so bad

Wendy, Wendy don't lose your head
Lose your head
Wendy don't believe a word he says

I can't picture you with him
His future looks awful dim
Oh Wendy, Wendy left me alone
Hurt so bad

Wendy I wouldn't hurt you like that
No no no
I thought we had our love down pat
Guess I was wrong

The farthest thing from my mind
Was the day that I'd wake up to find
My Wendy
Wendy left me alone

Wendy, Wendy left me alone
Hurts so bad
Wendy, Wendy left me alone
Hurts so bad
Wendy, Wendy left me alone
Hurts so bad
Wendy, Wendy...

8. "Do You Remember"
Time: 1:37 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #52129 Recorded 5/6/64 & 5/18/64
Brian Wilson

Little Richard sang it and Dick Clark brought it to life
Danny and the Juniors hit a groove, stuck as sharp as a knife
Well now do you remember all the guys that gave us rock and roll

Chuck Berry's gotta be the greatest thing sthat's come along
(Hum diddy waddy, hum diddy wadda)
He made the guitar beats and wrote the all-time greatest song
(Hum diddy waddy, hum diddy wadda)
Well now do you remember all the guys that gave us rock and roll
(Hum diddy waddy doo)

Elvis Presley is the king
He's the giant of the day
Paved the way for the rock and roll stars
Yeah the critics kept a knockin'
But the stars kept a rockin'
And the choppin didn't get very far

Goodness gracious great balls of fire

Nothin's really movin till the saxophone's ready to blow
(Do you remember, do you remember)
And the beat's not jumpin' till the drummer says he's ready to go
(Do you remember, do you remember)
Well now do you remember all the guys that gave us rock and roll
(Do you remember)

Let's hear the high voice wail (oooooooooo)
And hear the voice down low (wah-ah ah-ah)
Let's hear the background
Um diddy wadda, Um diddy wadda
Um diddy wadda, Um diddy wadda
They gave us rock and roll
Um diddy wadda, Um diddy wadda
They gave us rock and roll
Um diddy wadda, Um diddy wadda
They gave us rock and roll

9. "Girls On The Beach"
Time: 2:23 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #51850 Recorded 5/19/64
Brian Wilson

Ah ah ah ah oo ooo ooo oo ahh
The girls on the beach

On the beach you'll find them there
In the sun and salty air
The girls on the beach
Are all within reach
If you know what to do

How we love to lie around
Girls with tans of golden brown
The girls on the beach
Are all within reach
And one waits there for you
(Girls on the beach)

The sun in her hair
The warmth of the air
On a summer day

As the sun dips out of sight
Couples on the beach at night
The girls on the beach
Are all within reach
And with the boys tonight
(Girls on the beach)

Girls on the beach, girls on the beach
Girls on the beach, girls on the beach

10. "Drive-In"
Time: 1:50 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #52130 Recorded 4/??/64
Brian Wilson

Ooo wah
Ooo wah

Everytime I have a date there's only one place to go
That's to the drive in
It's such a groovy place to talk and maybe watch a show
Down at the drive in

Forget about the plot, it'll do very well
But make sure you see enough so you're prepared to tell
About the drive in
(Ooo wah)
I love the drive in
(We love the drive in, we love the drive in)

If the windows get fogged you'll have to take a breath
(Oooooooo waah oooo)
Down at the drive in
(Wah wah ooooooo)
Or the cat dressed in white will scare you both to death
Down at the drive in

A big buttered popcorn and an extra large coke
A few chili dogs and man I'm goin' broke
Down at the drive in
(Ooo wah)
Yeah at the drive in
(We love the drive in, we love the drive in)

Don't sneak your buddies in the trunk 'cause they might get caught
By the drive in
(Wah wah wah ooooooo)
And they'd look kinda stupid gettin' chased through the lot
(Wah ooooooo)
Around the drive in

If you say you watch the movie you're a couple o' liars
And "Remember only you can prevent forest fires"
Down at the drive in
(Ooo wah)
I love the drive in
(We love the drive in, we love the drive in)
Down at the drive in
(Ooo wah)
I love the drive in
(We love the drive in, we love the drive in)
Down at the drive in
(Ooo wah)
I love the drive in
(We love the drive in, we love the drive in)

11. "Our Favorite Recording Sessions"
(Stereo)
Time: 1:59 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #52131 Recorded 5/??/64
Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine

Hey hey come in they come

O.k. boys, take one

Danny and the Juniors set a groove stuck 'em blblblblu shoot
Say shoot
I should
Why don't you say "shoot" quick right as the song
Danny and the Juniors set a shoot stuck 'em down in the bloot, spoot,
fruit, toot

O.k. let's get ready
Let's dub, let's overdub a little a little finger p-
No, no, no Clem no!
By greckins you put a little, little bit, a little finger poppin' on thar
it's gonna be a million-and-two seller

Hey, will you take off that hat? You look like George Washington!
I'll throw you across the river.
You'll throw me across? The what? The Pontiac?
I'll throw you across the river. I threw a silver dollar across, I can
throw you.

When you hear the countdown, everyone shut up because it's awful tight.
Yeah
Let's make it.

2-3-go
Sittin in my ca
Say t-shirts
T-shirts in my car
Sorry
Outside your lawn
Uh

What's wrong?
I broke that tie thing.
Oh thanks!
Ohhh
It's his tie thing
Oh
Yeah
Gee whiz
I have another one, thank you
How much are they?
I have two more.
You do not.
I bought 'em for 99 cents apiece
You, You did?
I know where you can get 'em.

Here we go
For 99 cents
We're on
You got a better deal than I did
I know
Is this mike on?

All the way from Hawthorne California we're flying over Carl Wilson who's
going to jump 600 feet into a two foot cup
Into a damp rag
Come on
Hey look, I'm gonna leave you home
Hey you guys just a second, I forgot my note
Just a second I'm gonna go to the piano

Ahh Ahh
O.k. let's make one Charlie.
You guys ready, let's go.

12. "Don't Back Down"
Time: 1:46 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
Master #52132 Recorded 4/29/64
On Extended Play Single "Four By The Beach Boys"
Which included: "Hushabye", "Little Honda",
"Wendy" and "Don't Back Down" (order unknown)
Released 9/21/64 (Capitol 5267)
Song did not chart
Brian Wilson

The girls dig the way the guys get all wiped out
With their feet in the air you can hear 'em shout
They're not afraid (don't back down, don't back down)
Not my boys (don't back down, don't back down)
They grit their teeth, (a-oo) they don't back down

Don't back down
You gotta be a little nuts
Don't back down
But show 'em now who's got guts
Don't back down
Don't back down from that wave

With their feet full of tar and their hair full of sand
The boys know the beach like the palm of their hand
They're not afraid (don't back down, don't back down)
Not my boys (don't back down, don't back down)
They grit their teeth (a-oo) they don't back down

Don't back down
You gotta be a little nuts
Don't back down
But show 'em now who's got guts
Don't back down
Don't back down from that wave

When a twenty-footer sneaks up like a ton of lead
And the crest comes along and slaps 'em upside the head
They're not afraid (don't back down, don't back down)
Not my boys (Don't back down, don't back down)
They grit their teeth (a-oo) they don't back down

Don't back down
You gotta be a little nuts
Don't back down
But show 'em now who's got guts
Don't back down
Don't back down from that wave

Don't back down...

Lyrics

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