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These are lyrics by Beach Boys that we think are kind of nonsensical.
Nonsensical Song Lyrics, Beach Boys
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Beach Boys', "Don't Back Down"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
With their feet full of tar and their hair full of sand,
the boys know the surf like the palm of their hand
the boys know the surf like the palm of their hand
Why They're Nonsensical:
They don't know it like the BACK of their hand?
Submitted by: Milton Mickey
Beach Boys', "Don't Talk (Put your head on my shoulder)"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Being here with you feels so right, we could live forever tonight.
Why They're Nonsensical:
It's a beautiful song, but how can you live forever in one night?
Submitted by: Paul Warren
The Beach Boys', "Help Me Rhonda"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Well, since she put me down, I've been out doin' in my head.
Why They're Nonsensical:
Out doing what? I love this song, but this line doesn't make sense to me. "Doin' in my head"? Seems like a particular word is missing from this line.
Submitted by: Maddie Grace
The Beach Boys', "Kokomo"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Off the Florida Keys there's a place called Kokomo
Why They're Nonsensical:
The only thing off the Florida Keys is water, and lots of it. And as for as I know, the only place in the United States called Kokomo is in Indiana, which is in the middle of the freakin' heartland for crying out loud! But if that's where you want to go to get away from it all, Google says that place called Kokomo is about 1,407 miles off the Florida Keys. I wouldn't count on hearing the rhythm of a steel drum band in the middle of some cornfield.
Submitted by: Akira
Beach Boys', "Little Saint Nick"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
Well, way up North where the air gets cold,
There's a tale about Christmas that you've all been told.
And a real famous cat all dressed up in red
And he spends the whole year workin' out on his sled.
There's a tale about Christmas that you've all been told.
And a real famous cat all dressed up in red
And he spends the whole year workin' out on his sled.
Why They're Nonsensical:
"Famous 'cat'"? Santa Claus is a cat? Well Ho, Ho, Meow, Meow!
Submitted by: Amber D'Allesio
The Beach Boys', "Little Saint Nick"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
With a half a dozen deer with Rudy to lead.
Why They're Nonsensical:
I thought Santa had 9 reindeer?? 'Half a dozen' is only 6. Maybe they failed math? (By the way, Rudy is short for Rudolph, so don't question that part.)
Submitted by: Quyjibo
The Beach Boys', "Surfer Girl"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
I have watched you on the shore
Standing by the ocean's roar
Standing by the ocean's roar
Why They're Nonsensical:
A roar is a sound, not an object or location. How do you stand next to it? Perhaps Mike Love means a portion of the ocean which is making a loud sound?
Submitted by: Kathy
The Beach Boys', "Surfin' Safari"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
I tell you surfing's mighty wild.
It's getting bigger every day,
From Hawaii to the shores of Peru.
It's getting bigger every day,
From Hawaii to the shores of Peru.
Why They're Nonsensical:
Between Hawaii and Peru, there's mostly open ocean. That's not where folks typically surf. I'm pretty sure that neither when the song came out, nor at any other time, all that open ocean was a place where surfing could be said to be "getting bigger every day", nor was it an any sense "mighty wild." That being said, did the group ever need to change its name from "The Beach Boys" to "The Open Ocean Boys"?
Submitted by: Karen Smith
The Beach Boys', "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
I wish that every kiss was never-ending
Why They're Nonsensical:
No kiss can last forever. So this wish can't ever come true.
Submitted by: Candy Welty
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