And she'll have fun fun fun till her daddy takes the T-bird away.... My favorite Beach Boys song. They borrowed some of Chuck Berry's opening licks for this one
BabyLove and I worked out the lyrics below together, understanding the easy stuff and then trying to stay on theme and dialect or whatever, plus a little suggestion here and there from others. When this song first came out, some of the critics said that it was a great song! but totally unintelligible! Maybe now it's better audio products, headphones, earbuds as well as better remastering, remixing, stereo separation and all of that, so that we can understand a lot more than they could 40 or 50 years ago. Or maybe those critics were just stupid. So anyway, this is what we came up with.... Ah Louie Louie Oh no baby we gotta go Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah baby Louie Louie Oh baby said we gotta go A fine little girl she waiting for me Me catch a ship ah-cross the sea Me sailed that ship ah all alone Me nevva think how I'll make it home Ah Louie Louie Yeah yeah yeah now Baby we gotta go Oh no Said Louie Louie Oh baby take me where ya gotta go (F**k!!) 3 nights and days I sail the sea Me think of girl aw constantly Ah on that ship I dream she there I smell the rose ah in her hair Ah Louie Louie Oh no baby we gotta go Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah baby Louie Louie Oh baby baby we gotta go Ok let's give it to 'em right now! (Guitar solo. Actually a duet, there are two of them. Dualing guitars!) Me see ..... (oops) Me see Jamaica, the moon above It won't be long me see me love Me take her in my arms and then I tell her I'll nevva leave again Ah Louie Louie Oh no say it we gotta go Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Said ah Louie Louie Oh baby said we gotta go I said we gotta go now Let's hustle on outa here hah? Let's go!!