Surfer's Rule

Song ratings

Rating	Comments	Author	Date
	Strikingly similar in construction to the Jan and Dean blockbuster hit "Little Old Lady From Pasadena", with the triumphantly declared title line followed by the verse with the "surfers rule" backing vocal paralleling the "Go granny go" vocal from the Jan and Dean song. Curiously, "Surfer's Rule" predates its much more well-known twin by nearly a year, but receives very little attention in the Beach Boys body of work. What attention the song does receive is from the bold strike in the final verse as the Beach Boys directly name-check their biggest rival (this was to quickly change!), the ultimate hodaddies--the Four Seasons. Listen for the "Walk Like a Man" singing from Brian Wilson in this final verse. Incidentally, that's drummer (and the only Beach Boy to actually surf) Dennis Wilson rendering the lead vocal, quite fittingly.	Bruce Beatlefan	January 14, 2008

Lyrics

It's a genuine fact that the Surfers rule

It's plastered on the walls all around the school now
(Surfers rule, Surfers rule)
Becoming just as common as a golden rule now
(Surfers rule, Surfers rule)
Take it or leave it but you better believe it
Surfers rule

They burn't it in the grass on the football field now
(Surfers rule, Surfers rule)
Just try to make them cool it and they'll never yield now
(Surfers rule, Surfers rule)
Take what you've heard now and go pass the word now
Surfers rule

It's a genuine fact that the Surfers rule

A woody full of Surfers pullin' long side a wagon
(Surfers rule, Surfers rule)
The Hodaddies sittin' while the Surfers are draggin'
The Surfers are winnin' and they say as they're grinnin'
Surfers rule

Surfers rule
(Four Seasons you better believe it)
Surfers rule
(Four Seasons you better believe it)
Surfers rule
(Four Seasons you better believe it)
Surfers rule
(Four Seasons you better believe it)
Surfers rule
(Four Seasons you better believe it)
Surfers rule
(Four Seasons you better believe it)

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