Lyrics to
Surf’s Up

This version of Surf’S Up was released by Beach Boys in 1971.

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A diamond necklace played the pawn
Hand in hand some drummed along, oh
To a handsome mannered baton
A blind class aristocracy
Back through the opera glass you see
The pit and the pendulum drawn
Columnated ruins domino

Canvass the town and brush the backdrop
Are you sleeping?

Hung velvet overtaken me
Dim chandelier awaken me
To a song dissolved in the dawn
The music hall a costly bow
The music all is lost for now
To a muted trumpeter swan
Columnated ruins domino

Canvass the town and brush the backdrop
Are you sleeping, Brother John?

Dove nested towers the hour was
Strike the street quicksilver moon
Carriage across the fog
Two-Step to lamp lights cellar tune
The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne

The glass was raised, the fired-roast
The fullness of the wine, the dim last toasting
While at port adieu or die

A choke of grief heart hardened I
Beyond belief a broken man too tough to cry

Surf’s Up
Aboard a tidal wave
Come about hard and join
The young and often spring you gave
I heard the word
Wonderful thing
A children’s song

Child, child, child, child, child
A child is the father of the man
Child, child, child, child, child
A child is the father of the man
A children’s song
Have you listened as they played
Their song is love
And the children know the way
That’s why the child is the father to the man
Child, child, child, child, child
Child, child, child, child, child
Na na na na na na na na
Child, child, child, child, child
That’s why the child is the father to the man
Child, child, child, child, child

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Beach Boys has released many songs over the years besides Surf’S Up. Beach Boys released songs from 1962 to 1992 spanning across albums like Surfin' Safari, Little Deuce Coupe, Surfer Girl, Surfin' USA, Shut Down Volume 2, All Summer Long, Christmas Album, Beach Boys' Party!, Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), Today!, Pet Sounds, Wild Honey, Smiley Smile, Friends, 20/20, Sunflower, Surf's Up, Carl And The Passions: So Tough, Mount Vernon And Fairway, Holland, 15 Big Ones, Love You, M.I.U. Album, L.A. (Light Album), Keepin' The Summer Alive, The Beach Boys, Still Cruisin', and Summer In Paradise. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Beach Boys.

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About Lyrics and Surf’S Up by Beach Boys

The lyrics for Surf’S Up are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Beach Boys. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Surf’S Up have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Surf’S Up - Beach Boys and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Surf’S Up by Beach Boys in multiple ways. 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 Surf’S Up" means the words set to the music of Surf’S Up, 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 Surf’S Up and the lyrics to Surf’S Up 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 Surf’S Up, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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