I bet that song is great. I'll know soon enough.conched wrote:I was just reading this thread as Scott Kirby's song "The Sun Never Came Up" came on while I was listening to WALKING ON THIN ICE. It was written with Roger Guth.
This song is just one of the best!
Scott says:
I was sitting in a hotel bar somewhere near Palm Beach when I heard on television that Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys had died. I wrote most of these lyrics early the next morning in the hotel room.
Verse 1
HEARD SOME BAD NEWS ON THE TUBE LAST NIGHT
WHILE SITTING AT THE HOTEL BAR
I TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND FINISHED MY TEQUILA
AND WENT OUT TO LOOK AT THE STARS
DAWN SEEMED TO COME WITH A STRUGGLE
AS I WALKED THE SIX MILES TO THE BEACH
I SAT MYSELF DOWN ON THE OLD SEA WALL
AND LEARNED ONCE AGAIN WHAT THE SEA COULD TEACH
chorus
AND THE SUN NEVER CAME UP,
AND THE SURF NEVER CAME IN,
AN OLD BEACH BUM ON AN OLD BEACH BLANKET SAID
I'LL NEVER SURF AGAIN
AND THE GIRL FROM CALIFORNIA
WITH HER LIFE IN A SHOPPING CART
SANG GOD ONLY KNOWS TO HER TRANSISTOR RADIO,
AND ROLLED OFF IN THE DARK
verse 2
I SAT THERE WAITING FOR THE TIDE TO TURN
BUT THIS DAY THE WATER LAY LOW
THE BIG GRAY OCEAN LAY FLAT AND STILL
NO WARMTH OF THE SUN, NO EBB AND FLOW
AND THE BOYS WITH THEIR BOARDS IN THE PICKUP TRUCKS
LOOKED AROUND AND SAID MAN WHAT GOES
THE BEACH BUM SAID, BOYS THERE'S NO SURFIN
ALL THE BEACHES ARE CLOSED
chorus
verse 3
THE BOYS PUT THEIR BOARDS IN THE PICKUP TRUCK
AND DROVE OFF IN THE RAIN
THE OLD BEACH BUM PACKED HIS OLD BEACH BLANKET
AND SHUFFLED OFF TO CATCH THE TRAIN
AND THE GIRL FROM CALIFORNIA
WITH HER LIFE IN THE SHOPPING CART
SANG GOD ONLY KNOWS TO HER TRANSISTOR RADIO
AND ROLLED OFF IN THE DARK
chorus
I can imagine something like that for Jimmy one day....
whoa scary thought
