WILD HONEY

        The Beach Boys

        Producer: The Beach Boys
        Recorded at Brian Wilson's home studio
        Engineer: Jim Lockert
        Second Engineer: Bill Halverson
        Released December 4, 1967
        Capitol Records T-2859
        Charted: 12/30/67
        Highest chart position: 24
        Spent 15 weeks on the charts
        Album Archive entry
        Guitar tabs


        1. Wild Honey
        2. Aren't You Glad
        3. I Was Made To Love Her
        4. Country Air
        5. A Thing Or Two
        6. Darlin'
        7. I'd Love Just Once To See You
        8. Here Comes The Night
        9. Let The Wind Blow
        10. How She Boogalooed It
        11. Mama Says



        1. "Wild Honey"
        Time: 2:40 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #58371
        Single released 10/23/67 (Brother-2028)
        Charted 11/4/67 Reached #31
        A side with "Wind Chimes"
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        Sweet sweet wild honey bee
        Eat up eat up eat up honey

        Mama I'm tellin' you as sure as I'm standing here
        She's my girl and that's the way I'm keeping it now mama dear
        No good will it do you to stand there and frown at me
        The girl's got my heart and my love's coming down on me
        My love's coming down since I got a taste of wild honey
        You know she's got the sweetness of a honey bee
        Wild honey
        She got it on and stung me good yes sirree

        With all the other stud bees buzzing all around her hive
        She singled me out single handed took me alive
        Well can you can you gonna take my life eating up her wild honey

        (Sweet sweet wild honey bee)
        (Eat up eat up eat up honey)

        Oh mama she's sweeter
        Gettin' sweeter
        Sweeter sweeter
        Sweet

        Wild honey
        Let me tell you how she really got to my soul
        It ain't funny
        The way she make wanna sing a little rock 'n' roll
        There's nothing quite nice as a kiss of wild honey
        I break my back workin' just to save me some money
        So I can spend my life with her
        Sock it to me wild honey
        Wild honey she's mine
        Wild honey she's mine


        2. "Aren't You Glad"
        Time: 2:19 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #58685
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        Today could be a lot of fun
        And precious one
        I'd feel good just to walk with you

        Tonight will be a special treat
        You're so sweet
        And I feel good just to talk with you

        You know that I been a long time needing you
        You say that you been a long time needing me
        And don't you know that there's so much more to come

        I got a heart that just won't stop beating for you
        I got a love I just can't stop feeling for you

        Aren't you glad now darling there's me and you
        (Tell me tell me you know what I mean) [me and you]
        And I say aren't you glad with these days comes somethin' new
        (Tell me tell me you know what I mean) [me and you]
        And I say aren't you glad now tell me you're so glad
        [Me and you]

        (Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo)
        Today is another day
        Another way to get this feeling across to you
        Tonight will be another night
        That's outta sight cause I know the way to get close to you

        You know that I'll be a long time loving you
        I hope that you'll be a long time loving me
        And don't you know that there's so much more to come

        I got a heart that just won't stop beating for you
        I got a love I just can't stop feeling for you

        Aren't you glad now darling there's me and you
        (Tell me tell me you know what I mean) [me and you]
        And I say aren't you glad with these days comes summer
        (Tell me tell me you know what I mean) [me and you]
        And I say aren't you glad now tell me you're so glad
        [Me and you]


        3. "I Was Made To Love Her"
        Time: 2:07 Jobete Music Co., Inc. ASCAP
        Master #58588
        Cosby/Hardaway/Moy/Stevie Wonder

        (Hey hey yes I was made to love her)
        I was born in Little Rock
        Had a childhood sweetheart
        We were always hand in han-an-an-an-and

        I wore high-top shoes and shirt-tails
        Suzy was in pigtails
        I knew I loved her even then

        (Hey hey yes I was made to love her)
        Don't you know my Papa dis'proved
        My Mama hooo-ooo-hoooed it
        But I told them time and time again

        (Hey hey yes I was made to love her)
        Don't you know I was made to love her
        Built my world all around her
        Hey hey hey

        (Hey hey yes I was made to love her)
        She's been my inspiration
        Showed appreciation
        For the love I gave her through the years

        (Hey hey yes I was made to love her)
        Like a sweet magnolia tree
        My love blossomed tenderly
        My life grows sweeter through the years

        (Hey hey yes I was made to love her)
        I know that my baby loves me
        My baby needs me
        That's why we made it through the years

        (Hey hey yes I was made to love her)
        I was made to love her
        Worship and adore her
        Hey hey hey

        (Hey hey yes I was made to love her)
        My little baby loves me
        My baby needs me
        And I know I ain't goin' nowhere

        I was knee-high to a chimp
        And the love bug bit me
        And I have to be with her a thousand years

        (Hey hey yes I was made to love her)
        If the mountain tumbles
        If this whole world crumbles
        I know I'll still be standing there

        (Hey hey yes I was made to love her)
        'Cause I was made to love her
        I was made to live for her
        Hey hey hey

        (Hey hey yes I was made to love her)


        4. "Country Air"
        Time: 2:23 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #58686
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        Get a breath of that country air
        Breathe the beauty of it everywhere
        Get a look at that clear blue sky

        Come on
        Get a breath of that country air
        Breathe the beauty of it everywhere
        Mother Nature she fills my eyes

        Get a breath of that country air
        Breathe the beauty of it everywhere
        Rise up early the day won't let you sleep

        Ahahh-haaaa
        Ahahh-haaaa
        Ahahh-haaaa


        5. "A Thing Or Two"
        Time: 2:42 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #58586
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        When I see my baby
        When I see my little girl
        When I see my woman
        I'm gonna tell her about the lonely hours I just spent
        And say the thing we got going hope it never ends
        Well I'm gonna tell that little girl a thing or two

        Do it right baby
        (Do it right baby)
        Ahhh haaa
        Outta sight baby
        Ahhh-ha ha
        Do it right baby
        (Do it right baby)
        Ahhh haaa

        When I see my baby
        When I look in her pretty eyes
        When I get with my darling baby
        I say my heart will start to beat like a couple of drums
        She'll get my temperature to rise to 'bout a hundred and one

        (Yeah)
        Do it right baby
        (Do it right baby)
        Ahhh haaa
        Outta sight baby
        Ahhh-ha ha
        Do it right baby
        (Do it right baby)
        Ahhh haaa

        A whole day away from your woman
        A separation from your girl can really mess your mind
        And can you dig this one thing
        Well it's lucky I'm working from nine to five
        I have to live with my doctors just to keep me alive
        Keep on tellin' a thing or two

        Do it right baby
        (Do it right baby)
        Ahhh haaa
        Outta sight baby
        Ahhh-ha ha
        Do it right baby
        (Do it right baby)
        Ahhh haaa


        6. "Darlin'"
        Time: 2:14 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #58585
        Single released 12/18/67 (Capitol-2068)
        Charted 12/23/67 Reached #18
        A side with "Here Today"
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        Ohh darlin'
        My darlin' you're so fine
        Ohhhh-hhh-hhh

        Don't know if words can say
        But darlin' I'll find a way
        To let you know what you meant to me
        Guess it was meant to be
        I hold you in my heart
        As life's most precious part

        Oh darlin'
        I dream about you often my pretty darlin'
        (Darlin' you're so fine)
        I love the way you soften my life with your love
        Your precious love uh huh oh

        I was living like half a man
        Then I couldn't love but now I can
        You pick me up when I'm feeling sad
        More soul than I ever had
        Gonna love you every single night
        Cause I think you're too outta sight

        Oh darlin'
        I dream you often my pretty darlin'
        (Darlin' you're so fine)
        I love the way soften my life with your love
        Your precious love uh huh huh

        Woah oh oh oh

        Every night darlin'
        Gonna love you every single night, yes I will
        Cause I think you're too doggone outta sight

        Oh darlin'
        I dream you often my pretty darlin'
        (Darlin' you're so fine)
        I love the way soften my life with your love
        Your precious love uh huh huh
        Oh


        7. "I'd Love Just Once To See You"
        Time: 1:51 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #58687
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        I'm doing this and I'm doing that
        And I'm a-walking the floor
        I drink a little of this and eat a little that
        And poke my head out the door

        I get thinking I'm wasting the night away
        I wouldn't mind if I could get with you right away
        Oh honey don't know how long it's been
        But this feeling's building up inside again

        I wash the dishes and I rinsed up the sink
        Like a busy bee
        I make up a song as I'm a-working along
        No one's watching me

        I wish that you were here to help me dry
        When's the last time you baked me a pie
        You had a way of making it come alive
        It's not too late for you to take a drive

        (Baah ba ba ba baah ba ba)
        (Baah ba ba ba baah ba ba)

        It's not too late
        I'd love just once to see you
        I'd love just once to see you
        I'd love just once to see you
        In the nude


        8. "Here Comes The Night"
        Time: 2:44 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #58584
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        My heart was breakin'
        Till you started 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

        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

        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

        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


        9. "Let The Wind Blow"
        Time: 2:21 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #58600
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        Let the wind blow
        Let the grass grow
        But don't let her go

        Don't take her out of my life
        Don't take her out of my life

        Let the moon glow
        (Let the moon glow)
        (On the fallen snow)
        On the fallen snow
        (Let the moon glow)
        (On the fallen snow)

        But I just got to know
        (Let me please know oh oh oh)
        Know she'll be a part of my life
        Know she'll be a part of my life
        Forever

        Let the bees make honey
        Let the poor find money
        Take away their sorrows
        Give them sunshine tomorrow

        But don't take her out of my life
        Don't take her out of my life
        What would I do without her tell me now

        Let the bird sing
        With the coming spring
        Let the church bells ring
        Let the rain fall
        Let the grass grow
        Let the moon glow
        On the fallen snow

        But don't take her out of my life
        Please keep her a part of my life


        10. "How She Boogalooed It"
        Time: 1:58 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #58688
        Mike Love/Bruce Johnston/Al Jardine/Carl Wilson

        Oh we was dancing in a really big city
        Got excited by the sound of a party
        Now my heart beat while the music was groovin'
        And if you wanted to you couldn't keep from movin'
        Look around do you believe what you seein'
        The walls are movin' the ceiling's a-reelin'
        Couples over in the corner romancin'

        Oh the boys are with me to do some outta sight dancin'
        Gotta girl givin' me some lessons
        And now she's gonna be my confession
        Aren't you glad we found our way in here
        Put another record up on the player

        Hey there's a stoned party dancin' with the police
        Don't have to worry about disturbing the peace
        Met a fine chick that really got to me
        Good Lord how she boogalooed to me
        Oh my how she boogalooed it to me
        Come on sock it sock it to me

        S-O-C-K I-T to me


        11. "Mama Says"
        Time:1:08 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Master #58689
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        Eat a lot sleep a lot brush 'em like crazy
        Run a lot do a lot never be lazy

        (Good boy)
        Eat a lot sleep a lot brush 'em like crazy
        Run a lot do a lot never be lazy

        Eat a lot sleep a lot brush 'em like crazy
        Run a lot do a lot never be lazy

        Eat a lot sleep a lot brush 'em like crazy
        Run a lot do a lot never be lazy

        Never be lazy be lazy

        Eat a lot sleep a lot brush 'em like crazy
        Run a lot do a lot never be lazy boy
        Poof!





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