L.A. (LIGHT ALBUM)

        The Beach Boys


        Producer: Bruce Johnston/The Beach Boys/Jim Guercio
        except "Here Comes the Night," producer: Bruce Johnston/Curt Becher
        Released March 16, 1979
        Caribou JZ-35752
        Charted: 4/7/79
        Highest chart position: #100
        Spent 13 weeks on the charts
        Album Archive entry
        Guitar tabs

        1. Good Timin'
        2. Lady Lynda
        3. Full Sail
        4. Angel Come Home
        5. Love Surrounds Me
        6. Sumahama
        7. Here Comes The Night
        8. Baby Blue
        9. Goin' South
        10. Shortenin' Bread

        1. "Good Timin'"

        Time: 2:13

        Brian Wilson/Carl Wilson

         

        Good good timin'

        Good good timin'

        Ahhhh Ahhhh

        You need good timin'

        Good good timin'

         

        All us people

        Now we're just livin'

        The world keeps turnin'

        And we're all learnin'

         

        About

        Good good timin'

        Good good timin'

        Ahhhh Ahhhh

        You need good timin'

        It takes good timin'

        You need good timin'

        Good good timin'

         

        We're all goin' places

        Sharin' each other

        A celebration

        Of being together

         

        I love

        Good good timin'

        Good good timin'

        Ahhhh Ahhhh

        You need good timin'

        It takes good timin'

        You need good timin'

        Yeah

        Good good timin'

         

        Dow dow

        Dow dow dow

        Dow dow

        Dow dow dow dow

        You need good timin'

        It takes good timin'

        You need good timin'

        Yeah

        Good good timin'

         

         

        2. "Lady Lynda"

        Time: 3:59

        Al Jardine/Ron Altbach

         

        Lady lady lady lady

         

        Won't you come here and lie lady Lynda with me

        We can lie in the green canyon meadows

        And we'll hear the birds sing in the spring

        Don't you know if you;ll stay lady Lynda with me

        We can talk about love everafter

        When you lie lady Lynda with me

         

        Lynda, won't you say that we can be near

        Cannot deny there've been hard times

        Darlin', evolution is drawing us near

        Look in my eyes whoa

         

        Lynda, won't you say that I am your man

        Don't look surprised, it's all in his plan

        But darlin', evolution is drawing us near

        Lie lady lie

         

        Oooh lady won't you lie lady

         

        Now won't you stay lady Lynda with me

        We can talk about love everafter

        When you lie lady Lynda with me

         

        Ohh lady won't you lie lady

        Won't you ooh lady won't you stay lady with me

        When you lie lady Lynda

         

        Come along with me

        Ohh lady won't you lie lady

        Won't you lie with me

        Darlin' you know you make my heart sing

        Won't you come along and sing a song

        Sing the sound of love

        Ohh lady won't you lie lady

        Won't you lie with me

        Darlin your love is like the coming spring

        Won't you come along and sing a song

        Sing the song my love

        Ohh lady won't you lie lady

        Won't you lie with me Darlin your love is like the coming spring

        Won't you come along and sing a song

        Sing the song my love

        Ohh lady won't you lie lady

        Won't you lie with me

        Darlin your love is like the coming spring

        Won't you come along and sing a song

        Sing the song my love

        Ooh lady won't you lie lady won't you marry me

         

         

        3. "Full Sail"

        Time: 2:57

        Carl Wilson/G. Cushing-Murray

         

        Full sail full sail

        Steady as you go

        The wind will blow

        Set sail at Frisco Bay

        In a fog cold and gray

        Clear sailing, day after day

         

        Full sail full sail

        Now the air is still

        We lay adrift

        Come upon a sea of trouble

        Till the winds of change shift

        My course is set

        There's no turning back

        But there's no goin' anywhere yet

         

        Full sail full sail

        Waiting for the wind to blow

        The wind will blow

        Does the silence of the sea

        Sound warning of a storm ahead

        Whispers of the breeze

        Stir and disappear

        To soft to hear

        What's in store for me

         

        Adventure on the high seas

        Put the childhood dream to the test

        Find the measure of the man

        Follow the sun heading west

         

        Full sail

        Steady as you go

        Steady as you go

        Full sail

        Waiting for the wind to blow

        The wind will blow

        Hey full sail

        Mmmm mmmmm

        Hey full sail

         

         

        4. "Angel Come Home"

        Time: 3:40

        Carl Wilson/G. Cushing-Murray

         

        Oo ooo ooo ooo ooo

         

        Now the puzzle's laid out on my table

        The pieces don't fit

        I move from chair to chair

        But that empty one's there where she used to sit

         

        I'm sitting here going out of my mind

        'Cause she's gone away

        She couldn't wait, now I

        I'm afraid it's too late

         

        I'm waitin' till my angel comes home

        It's been hell bein' here alone

        I'll be in heaven when my angel comes home

        Angel, angel come home

        If you see her tell my angel come home

        Oo oo oo angel come home

        If you see her tell my angel to come home

         

        Does she remember

        That I can't forget

        Does she know I regret

        I never told her how I

        I wanted to hold her

        I just let her go

         

        Lonely nights thinkin'

        It's starting to sink in

        We had a way to go

        We'll grow closer together

        By being apart

         

        When my angel comes home

        It's been hell bein' here alone

        God tell me, why has she flown

        So far away

        I pray she won't stay another day

        I'll be in heaven when my angel comes home

        Please come home

         

        Angel, come home

        If you see her tell my angel come home

        Hoo ooo angel, come home

        If you see her tell my angel to come home

        Hey hey angel, come home

        If you see her tell my angel to come home

        Ho oo angel come home

        If you see her tell my angel to come home

        Hey angel come home

        If you see her tell my angel to come home

        If you see that girl my angel come home

        Hey hey angel come home

         

         

        5. "Love Surrounds Me"

        Time: 3:43

        Dennis Wilson/G. Cushing-Murray

         

        On my own again, left alone

        To remember when

        Her love filled my life

        Made my life alive her love

        Love around me

         

        How can I cope without the love

        That I had

        (all around me, love surrounds me)

        Surround me

        The love that I lost was more than

        I could hope to find

        (love surround me, all around me)

        Around me

        Did I have love or did love have me

        Oo love around me

        But there's no

        There's no love of my own

         

        Mmm mmmmm mmmmmmmmm

        Mm

         

        I gave up our love

        But it won't disappear

        Oo love around me

        Desire

        Seems as though

        Everywhere I go

        Oo love around me

        Put your arms around me

        Huggin' and a-kissin'

        Making the love I've been missin'

        All around me

        But there's no

        There's no love of my own

         

        Love around me love surround me

        No love of my own

        Love around me love surround me

        No love of my own

        Love surround me love around me

        No love of my own

        Love surround me love around me

        Put your love around me

         

         

        6. "Sumahama"

        Time: 4:32

        Mike Love

        Note: Japanese lyrics and English translation in brackets supplied by Tetsuya

         

        Sumahama

        There's a lover's leap in old Japan

        Where the lovers walk along the sand

        Hand in hand at Sumahama

        Sumahama

        Born a lovely oriental daughter

        Never ever having met her father

        Asks some questions of her mother

         

        Tell me tell me mama

        Will you ever go again to Sumahama

        Perhaps you'll find love there

        Somewhere between the Earth the sky and water

        There at Sumahama

         

        Sumahama

        In the autumn as the leaves are falling

        One can almost hear the lovers calling

        From the sea at Sumahama

         

        Sumahama

        Years have past and tears have long since dried

        But no amount of time could hope to hide

        A love so strong from Sumahama

         

        Tell me tell me mama

        Will you go with me back to Sumahama

        Perhaps you'll find him there

        Somewhere between the Earth the sky and water

        There at Sumahama

         

        Sumahama

        Soko wa koi suru hitotachi ga      (It's where the lovers)

        Te ni te o totte aruita            (Walked hand in hand)

        Kireino shiroi hama                (Beautiful white beach)

         

        Itsu itsu, mama, Sumahama ni       (When, when, mama,)

        Itsu mata iku no                   (When will you ever go)

                                           (again to Sumahama)

        Sugita ai o sagashi ni iku         (Go searching for the)

                                           (Passed love)

        Umi no kanata, Sumahama            (A long way off sea,)

                                           (Sumahama)

         

        Sumahama

        There's a lover's leap in old Japan

        Where the lovers walk along the sand

        Hand and hand at Sumahama

        Sumahama

         

        Sumahama, aki ni ki no haga chiru yo ni   (Sumahama, like in

                                                  (autumn leaves are falling)

        Sabishiku kanashii koi no uta             (Lonely sad love song)

        Sumahama no umi kara                      (From the sea at

                                                  (Sumahama)  

         

         

        7. "Here Comes The Night"

        Time: 10:46 Irving Music, Inc. BMI

        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

         

        Here comes the night

        Oh here comes the night oh oh

        Here come here come here now

        Here comes the night

        Here comes the night oh oh

        Here come here come here now

        Here comes the night

         

        Oooooooooo oooooo

        Oooooooooo oooooo

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        Here comes the night

        Oh here comes the night oh oh

        Here come here come here now

        Here comes the night

        Here comes the night oh oh

        Here come here come here now

        Here comes the night

         

        My heart was breakin'

        Till you starter making me

        Feel like a natural man

        My mind was mess

        Until you brought happiness

        And that's not hard to understand

        When I'm through workin'

        Just fussin' and cussin'

        I'll be there just as quick as I can

         

        Here comes the night

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me love me ooooo

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Hold me

         

        I know livin' is takin' and givin'

        Baby I'm givin' you my best

        One of these days you know

        I'm gonna go crazy

        In the middle of your caress

        When the day goes down

        Honey I'll be around

        Why don't you wear your pretty red dress

         

        Here comes the night

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me love me ooooo

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Hold me

         

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        Here comes the night

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me love me ooooooo

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me love me oooooo

         

        Here comes the night

         

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        Here comes the night

        Oh here comes the night oh oh

        Here come here come here now

        Here comes the night

         

        Here comes the night

        Oh here comes the night oh oh

        Here come here come here now

        Here comes the night

         

        Here comes the night

         

        Every mornin' our love is reborn

        And it lives with me all day long

        Things start changin'

        Take as a little rearrangin'

        But our love grows on and on

        Stars who shine in love

        Are making you mine to love

        I've never felt a love so strong

         

        (do do etc.)

         

        Here comes the night

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Tell me I'm doin' alright

        Hold me love me ooooo

        Hold me squeeze me don't ever leave me

        Hold me

         

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        8. "Baby Blue"

        Time: 3:26

        Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobsen/Karen Lamm

         

        Lie alone in bed at night

        Feel the pull of a lonely day

        Abstract music start to play

        I wonder where you were today

         

        (Baby blue)

        Baby baby blue

        Baby blue eyes I dream of you

         

        Late at night

        When the whole world's sleeping

        I dream of you

        Close to you I feel your sweet heart beating

        I dream of you

         

        Late at night late at night

        Honey late at night I dream of you

        I dream of you

         

        Baby baby blue

        Baby blue eyes I love you new

        I hold you in my dreams tonight

        Hold you 'til morning light

         

        (Baby)

        Baby baby blue

        (Baby blue)

        Baby blue eyes I dream of you

        (Baby)

        Baby baby blue

        (Baby blue)

        Baby blue eye I dream of you

        (Baby)

        Baby baby blue

         

         

        9. "Goin' South"

        Time: 3:19

        Carl Wilson/G. Cushing-Murray

         

        I think of goin' south for the winter

        It's getting mighty cold

        I watch the fire glow

        The moon shining 'cross the snow

        Maybe Florida or Mexico

        Is where I oughta go

         

        Somewhere where everything is green

        Oo the change of scene

        Might do a me good

        When the swallows go

        When they leave Capistrano

        Fly away so gracefully

        Maybe that's for me

         

        Snowdrifts blowing up against my door

        Going clear up to the roof

        I could be lying on some sun-washed shore

        Truth is, don't know what I'm waiting for

         

        Think I'm goin' south for the winter

        It's getting mighty cold

        I watch the fire glow

        The moon shinin' 'cross the snow

        Maybe Florida or Mexico

        Is where I oughta go

         

        South of the border

        Think I'm goin' south

        Get my life in order

        Think I'm goin' south

        For the winter

        It's gettin' mighty cold

         

         

        10. "Shortenin' Bread"

        Time: 2:50

        Adapted by Brian Wilson

         

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

         

        Put on the skillet

        Slip on the lid

        Mammy's gonna make us some shortenin' bread

        And that ain't all

        Our mammy's gonna do

        She's gonna cook us some coffee, too

         

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

         

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

         

        I slipped in the kitchen

        Raised up the lid

        I stole me a mess o' that shortenin' bread

        I walked up to a pretty girl and I said

        Baby how'd you like some shortenin' bread

         

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

         

        They caught me with the skillet

        They caught me with the lid

        They caught me with the girl eatin' shortenin' bread

        Six months for the skillet

        Six months for the lid

        Now I'm doin' time for eatin' shortenin' bread

         

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

         

        Shortenin'

        Shortenin' bread

        Shortenin'

        Shortenin' bread

         

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' shortenin'

        Mama's little baby loves shortenin' bread

         




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