Surf Chickens

A couple years back my parents took me to God’s holy Eden, known to us mortals as the island of Kaua’i in Hawai’i. For any of you morons suffering from “Post-Avatar Depression“, this is why the movie had no effect on me. There really are places that beautiful on this planet, so get out of your living room and go find them already. Sheesh.

Anyway, being a bird nut I was particularly taken with the local feathery wildlife… mainly the chickens. Yep, chickens. Kaua’i has chickens the way the rest of us have squirrels or robins. Chickens in the street, chickens on rooftops, and yes, chickens on the beaches. It was only a matter of time before I wrote this song.

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Lyrics:

The days are rolling on.
Like the waves they move so fast
and then they’re gone.
And then there’s you and I
we could try to ride
or let them pass us by.

We could roam around the earth
collecting photos, stamps, and shirts
or we could lie here in the sun for all its worth.
We could be chickens in the surf.

I look up at the sky
and I wonder what it
must be like to fly.
Is everything so small
that we’re better off
on the wing over it all?

We could roam around the earth
collecting scratches, dents, and dirt
or we could lie here in the sun for all its worth.
We could be chickens in the surf.

(Instrumental)

We could roam around the earth
collecting bruises, bumps, and worse
or we could lie here in the sun for all its worth.
Let’s just be chickens in the surf.