BEACH BOYS (1985)

        The Beach Boys

        Released 1985
        Produced by Steve Levine
        Album Archive entry
        Guitar tabs


        1. Getcha Back
        2. It's Gettin' Late
        3. Crack At Your Love
        4. Maybe I Don't Know
        5. She Believes In Love Again
        6. California Calling
        7. Passing Friend
        8. I'm So Lonely
        9. Where I Belong
        10. I Do Love You
        11. It's Just A Matter Of Time
        12. Male Ego

        1. "Getcha Back"

        Time: 3:02

        Single Released 1985 (Caribou-ZS4 04913)

        Charted: 5/25/85 Reached #26

        A side with "Male Ego"

        Mike Love/Terry Melcher

         

        Bow bow bow bow oop

        Ahh ooo oohh waaa oooo

         

        Bow bow bow bow oop

        Ahh ooo oohh waaa oooo

         

        The other night they were playing our song

        Hadn't heard it for oh so long

        Took me back darlin' to that time in my car

        When you cried all night cause we'd gone too far

         

        Can I ever getcha back

        Getcha back baby

        Gonna getcha back getcha back

        Getcha back getcha back baby

        Gonna getcha back getcha back

        Can I ever getcha back

         

        I'm getting tired laying around here at night

        Thinkin' 'bout some other guy holding you tight

        He may have money and a brand new car

        May even treat you like a movie star

        And no matter what he ever do for you

        He can never love you like I can do

        So if I leave her and you leave him

         

        Can we ever get it back again

        Getcha back getcha back baby

        Gonna getcha back getcha back

        Getcha back getcha back baby

        Gonna getcha back getcha back

        Can I ever getcha back

         

        Bow bow bow oop

         

        Bow bow bow oop

         

        (Getcha back) IÕll leave her

        (Getcha back) and you leave him

        (Getcha back) can we baby

        (Getcha back) get it back again

         

        (Getcha back) IÕll leave her

        (Getcha back) and you leave him

        (Getcha back) can we baby

        (Getcha back) get it back again

         

        (Getcha back) IÕll leave her

        (Getcha back) and you leave him

         

         

        2. "It's Gettin' Late"

        Time: 3:27 Murry-Gage Music/Schilling Music/Welbeck Music Corp. ASCAP

        Carl Wilson/Myrna Smith Schilling/Robert White Johnson

         

        It's gettin' late

        I can't wait

        Come-a-come-a little closer

        You gotta tell me that you'll stay

         

        I've been praying for this moment

        Since the second I laid eyes on you

        Minutes seem like hours

        When you're gone

        Girl I'm gettin' tired of waitin'

        So stop your hesitatin'

        I can't believe you keep me hangin' on

         

        It's gettin late-ate-ate-ate

        Ooo (it's gettin' late) time waits for no one

        Love is a turn on

         

        It's gettin' late

        I can't wait

        Come-a-come-a little closer

        You gotta tell me that you'll stay

         

        You got me in a situation

        My love is risin' high

        Don't let any more love pass us by

         

        Girl, we can make it up to paradise

        Just give it a try

        So hurry now and girl make up your mind

         

        It's gettin' late

        Don't know how much more I can stand

        It's gettin' late

        Don't know how much more I can stand

         

        Girl I need your lovin'

        I'm so tired of waitin'

        Come on there's no one else around

         

        Ooo sweet girl it's gettin' late

        So please don't hesitate

        Been waitin' to get your defenses down

         

         

        3. "Crack At Your Love"

        Time: 3:39  Beach Bum Music BMI/Beachead Music, Inc. ASCAP

        Brian Wilson/Alan Jardine/Eugene E. Landy

        Featuring Alan Jardine and Brian Wilson: Lead Vocals

        Vocals arranged by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys

         

        I've been keepin' my eyes on you

        I finally found the nerve to talk to you

        There's something that you ought to know

        Don't you know that I love you so

        Our life together could be eternal bliss

        If we could just get close enough to kiss

        And ya' know I'd like to get a crack at your love

         

        Crack at your love

        Crack at your love

         

        You make me feel so warm inside

        A sense of humor you can't hide

        Who taught you darlin' how to move that way?

        And when you smile I know the world's okay

        And when I see the twinkle in your eye

        It sends my heart all the way to the sky

        And ya' know I'd like to get a crack at your love

         

        Crack at your love

        Crack at your love

         

        Lonely nights, lonely days

        Lonely nights, lonely days

        I'm reachin' out for you

        In my mind, in my mind

         

        I'm goin' crazy

        Would ya' be my baby

        I'm gonna need a little help from above

        Would ya' say "no" if I asked for your love?

        I can't afford to get hurt again

        Like the time I remember when

        But I know I'd like to get a crack at your

        And ya know I'd like to get a crack at your

        Don't ya' know I'd like to get a crack at your love

         

        Crack at your love

        Crack at your love

        Crack at your love

        Crack at your love

        Crack at your love

        Crack at your love

        Crack at your love

         

         

        4. "Maybe I Don't Know"

        Time: 3:54 Murry-Gage Music, Schilling Music, Do Not Erase Music, Julian

        Lindsay ASCAP

        Carl Wilson/Myrna Smith Schilling/Steve Levine/Julian Lindsay

        Featuring Carl Wilson: Lead Vocal

         

        You got me calling at all hours of the night

        I don't think it's right

        But still I do it

         

        You got me thinking your existence is my life

        It's time to see the light

        I think I'll leave it

         

        Maybe, I don't know

        I tried to take it slow

        But I don't know

        Maybe, I don't know

        But if you say it's so

        We can make it go

        Maybe, I don't know

         

        Whatever made me think that we could make it good?

        Did you think we ever would?

        No need in lyin'

        No, no, no

        I need your guarantee so I can be assured

        Do you ever think you could?

        No more depriving

        Na-a-na-na-na

         

        Maybe, I don't know

        I tried to take it slow

        But I don't know

        Maybe, I don't know

        But if you say it's so

        We can make it go

        Maybe, I don't know

         

        Maybe, I don't know

        I tried to take it slow

        But I don't know

        Maybe, I don't know

        But if you say it's so

        We can make it go

        Maybe, I don't know

         

         

        5. "She Believes In Love Again"

        Time: 3:30 Bruce Johnston Music BMI

        Bruce Johnston

        Featuring Bruce Johnston and Carl Wilson: Lead Vocals

         

        I want her I need her

        But I never let her know before

        Kept her in the dark

        Thought I lost her heart forever

         

        She told me "just show me

        The feelings that you keep inside

        And I promise that

        We can put it back together"

         

        She believes in love again

        She belives in me

        Now we've gone far beyond

        The way we used to be

         

        And in her eyes from deep inside

        She finally let me see

        She believes in love again

        She belives in me

         

        I woke up I spoke up

        And let her know the way I feel

        Changes I could make

        Wouldn't have to take a lifetime

         

        She wants me she needs me

        She always let me know before

        And now it's up to me

        To give her all the things she needs the right way

         

        She believes in love again

        She belives in me

        Now we've gone far beyond

        The way we used to be

         

        And in her eyes from deep inside

        She finally let me see

        She believes in love again

        She belives in me

         

        I just nearly blew it

        How could I do it

        I think about the pain I had put her through

        God I'm sorry

        She said she'd recover

        If only I'd love her

        She'd open up her soul

        And share her life with me

         

        She believes in love again

        She belives in me

        Now we've gone far beyond

        The way we used to be

        And in her eyes from deep inside

        She finally let me see

        She believes in love again

        She belives in me

         

        In her eyes from deep inside

        She finally let me see that

        She believes in love again

        She believes in me

         

         

        6. "California Calling"

        Time:2:52  Jardine Music BMI

        Alan Jardine/Brian Wilson

        Featuring Alan Jardine and Mike Love: Lead Vocals

        Vocals arranged by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys

         

        If everybody in the U.S.A

        Could come with us to Californ-i-a

        We could take 'em to a place out west

        Where the good sun shines everyday

         

        Now there's a touch o' Californ-i-a

        In everyone who's ever been this way

        And when your telephone begins to ring

        And the operator comes on the line

         

        California callin'

        I'll be there right away

        There's some beautiful women

        Gonna find me one

        To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

         

        Now I've joined the surfin' nation and so

        I'll take a permanent vacation and go

        To the golden shores of 'Frisco Bay

        I'll ride 'em all the way to Malibu

         

        And I'll take ya' boogie boardin' with me

        'Cause when we're surfin' it's so great to be free

        And when you're on a California beach

        You might even find 'em windsurfin' too

         

        California callin'

        I'll be there right away

        There's some beautiful women

        Gonna find me one

        To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

         

        In the fifties it was "Hey Daddy O"

        Then came the surfers and the Hodads ya' know

        We had our woodies and our custom cars

        And when we drove around we knew we were bad

         

        My baby listens to my car radio

        And when we're cruisin' lets the whole world know

        And when our favorite surfin' song comes on

        We always let 'em know it's "Totally Rad!"

         

        California callin'

        I'll be there right away

        There's some beautiful women

        Gonna find me one

        To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

         

        California callin'

        She's still on the line

        There's a beautiful woman

        Gonna show me how

        To ride 'em at the county line

         

        California callin'

        I'll be there right away

        There's some beautiful women

        Gonna find me one

        To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

         

         

        7. "Passing Friend"

        Time: 5:00  Virgin Music, Inc. ASCAP

        George O'Dowd/Roy Hay

        Featuring Carl  Wilson: Lead Vocal

         

        Well there's nothing worse than a passing friend

        Who will die on you till the bitter end

        There's nothing worse than a burning heart

        Or a past that tears the world apart

         

        I've been thinking about my situation

        Nothing ventured nothing left to lose

        When it's easier to just say nothing

        I had thought about what I might lose

         

        But through the child's eyes

        There were feelings

        Touching my violet skin

        When the love games start appealing

        YOu better get out and move on in

         

        'Cause there's nothing worse than a passing friend

        Or a pioneer of a dying trend

        Nothing worse than a silent ghost

        Or to lose your head at the starting post

         

        Ain't it always just a short vacation

        When it's love it always has an end

        Under the sheets of life it's just frustation

        While the body goes in search again

         

        But in the child's eyes

        There were feelings

        Touching my violet skin

        When the love games start appealing

        You better get out and move on in

         

        'Cause there's nothing worse than a passing friend

        Who will die on you till the bitter end

        There's nothing worse than a burning heart

        Or a past that tears the world apart

         

        Why do you love someone

        Who wants to break your heart

        Why do you need someone

        Who wants to tear your world apart

         

        No no not again

         

        I was packing up my life in cases

        For a hundred years or maybe more

        I've been talking to a million people

        Don't you think I should have known the score

         

        But in the child's eyes

        There were feelings

        Touching my violet skin

        When the love games start appealing

        You better get out and move on in

         

        'Cause there's nothing worse than a passing friend

        Who will die on you till the bitter end

        There's nothing worse than a burning heart

        Or a past that tears the world apart

         

        Nothing worse than a passing friend

        Or a pioneer of a dying trend

        Nothing worse than a silent ghost

        Or to lose your head at the starting post

         

        No no not again

         

         

        8. "I'm So Lonely"

        Time: 2:51  Beach Bum Music BMI/Beachead Music, Inc. ASCAP

        Brian Wilson/Eugene E. Landy

        Featuring Brian Wilson: Lead Vocal

        Vocals arranged by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys

         

        I'm so lonely

        Really, really so lonely

        I wish that you'd com comfort me whoa

        I'm so brokenhearted

        Since we've been parted

         

        I've wished since you went away

        That you'd soon be back to stay

        I'm so lonely for your love tonight

         

        Since you left, it's been this way

        Every night and every day

        When will it,

        When will it ever change whoa

         

        I've wished since you went away

        That you'd soon be back to stay

        I'm so lonely for your love tonight

         

         

        9. "Where I Belong"

        Time: 2:25 Murry Gage Music/Robert White Johnson Music ASCAP

        Carl Wilson/Robert White Johnson

        Featuring Carl Wilson: Lead Vocal

         

        I've spent my whole life drifting

        Towards an elusive sun

        I would have wandered forever

        If your breeze hadn't come

        And you just could be my anchor

        You are my northern star

        That navigates me home

         

        Don't need to search no more exotic islands

        No that I found you're right where I belong

        Never been so much at home as I am

        Loving you is right where I belong

         

        In my mind we're together

        Even when I'm alone

        My heart leaves you never

        Never will our love grow old

        My destination forever

        You are my shining star that navigates me home

         

        Don't need to search no more exotic islands

        Now that I found you're right where I belong

        Never been as much at home as I am

        Loving you is right where I belong

         

        Don't need to search no more exotic islands

        Now that I found you're right where I belong

        Never been as much at home as I am

        Loving you is right where I belong

         

         

        10. "I Do Love You"

        Time: 4:20 Jobete Music Co, Inc./Black Bull Music, Inc. ASCAP

        Stevie Wonder

        Featuring Alan Jardine and Carl Wilson: Lead Vocals

         

        When you say you do

        Makes me want to spend life with you

        I never knew life could be so good

        When you say you care

        Want to be right there beside you

        And show the world

        You've been good to me

        And you know I do

         

        All my love

        You are my love

        Without your love I go nowhere

        All my love

        You are my life

        You are the girl I'm dreaming of

        You're the one I really love

        I do love you

        I do love you

        I do love you

        I do love you

         

        When you say it's true

        Lets me know we'll be forever

        Insightful joy

        Of a love so good

        Want to be right there beside you

        And tell the world

        You've been good to me

        And you know I do

         

        All my love

        You are my love

        Without your love I go nowhere

        All my love

        You are my live

        You are the girl I'm dreaming of

        You're the one I really love

        I do love you

        I do love you

        I do love you

        I do love you

         

         

        11. "It's Just A Matter Of Time"

        Time: 2:19 Beach Bum Music BMI/Beachead Music, Inc. ASCAP

        Brian Wilson/Eugene E. Landy

        Featuring Brian Wilson and Mike Love: Lead Vocals

        Vocals arranged by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys

         

        Darling I'm lost without you

        Sad with nothing to do

        It's just a matter of time

         

        Whoa darling

        What is it you're doing

        What's that mood that's brewing

        It's just a matter of time

         

        When we went our seperate ways for the first time

        I was sure that it would be the last time

         

        Whoa darling

        I'm waiting for you

        Sad with nothing to do

        It's just a matter of time

         

        It's just a matter of time

         

         

        12. "Male Ego"

        Time: 3:32  Beach Bum Music BMI/Beachead Music, Inc. ASCAP

        Brian Wilson/Mike Love/Eugene E. Landy

        Featuring Mike Love and Brian Wilson: Lead Vocals

        Vocals arranged by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys

         

        Male ego walking down the street

        Sees something looking hot and sweet

        Hey, baby would you like to meet me tonight?

         

        Male ego is a worldwide game

        We love the ladies more than wealth and fame

        Lots of girls running through my brain tonight

         

        Male ego is played by all

        Chasing ladies and having a ball

        Hey girl, I'm gonna give you a call tonight

         

        Don't know why we love to chase those tasty ladies

        Betcha boys we'll be doing it in our eighties

         

        Male ego's like a game of chance

        The gamble starts with just a glance

        You're off and running with a new romance tonight

         

        Male ego won't ever quit

        It seems to me from where I sit

        We oughta do our bit to capture it tonight

         

        You look nice

        What's your name?

        You smell nice

        What's your name?

        I like you

        What's your name?

        I like you

        What's your name?

        You look nice

        What's your name?




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