Lyrics to
Good Time

This version of Good Time was released by Beach Boys in 1977.

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My girlfriend Betty she’s always ready
To help me in any way
She’ll do my cookin’ she’s always lookin’
For ways she can make my day

And when I’m lookin’ at her the sound of pitter patter
On rainy days like today
Could get you feelin’ warmer
And you know what-a that can lead to

Maybe it won’t last but what do we care
My baby and I just want a good time
Might go up in smoke now but what do we care
My baby and I just want a good time

My girlfriend Penny, she’s kinda skinny
And so she needs her falsies on
She don’t like cookin’ but she’s so good lookin’
I miss her when she’s gone

And when she gets to dancin’ I feel just like romancin’
Especially when we’re dancing close
She’ll do the dirty boogie
And that’s when I go up in smoke

Maybe it won’t last but what do we care
My baby and I just want a good time
Might end up in tears now but what do we care
My baby and I just want a good time

Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo uh
Wo wo wo
Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo
Wo wo wo

Maybe it won’t last but what do we care
My baby and I just want a good time
For just a few hours with nu?oh what do we care
Let’s have a good time

Good time
Oh good time
Oh good time
Goooooood tiiiiiiiiime

Hey

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About Lyrics and Good Time by Beach Boys

The lyrics to Good Time are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Beach Boys used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Good Time have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Beach Boys and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Good Time by Beach Boys. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Good Time" means the words set to the music of Good Time, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Beach Boys. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Good Time and the lyrics to Good Time are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Beach Boys who came here looking just for the lyrics to Good Time, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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