Randy Newman - On the Beach lyrics

It all began in grammar school
And on the beach everybody graduated
There we were off we went to junior high
There we were everybody graduated

Off we went to high school except one of us
On the beach he was and there he stayed
He saw the Hobie Cat, the beginnings of it
Polyurethane
Longboard, shortboard, every board
On the beach he saw it
On the beach

Roll Willie roll Willie
You saw it all, Willie on the beach
You’re not a bum, Willie never a bum, Willie
But in years to come, Willie ‘Twas in reach

Some went to college some went to war
Some came back crazy some were crazy before
Willie saw acid willie saw fear
Willie saw freebase but Willie’s still here
On the beach, on the beach
Still on the beach, still on the beach

They’re building a railroad, downtown to here
That’s what they say
They said it sixty years ago
But they’re building it today

The lifeguard towers you used to live in
Comin’ down man, they’re comin’ down
The lifeguard towers
Where you’d hold forth for hours
About the polyurethane the Hobie Cat
The big longboards and the shortboards too

Wille, if it ever rains again
Don’t sleep under the pier
Those twenty foot sets we used to lie about
Well they’re here now, Willie
And they’ll take you out

Roll Willie roll you never get old
You look just like you used to look
A hundred years ago on the beach
On the beach nice to see you, Willie
Still on the beach

On the beach on the beach
Nice to see you, Willie still on the beach