I Never Wanna Surf in the Snow Again (rough mix)

from Never Get Old/I Never Wanna Surf in the Snow Again (rough mix) by Angus Tweed

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Bit by bit and intermittently over the last few years, Angus Tweed has been recording a reunion album. Sadly, Tweed's founding bass player Robert C. "Taco Bob" Shirley, Jr. has passed away with the album still incomplete. One day we'll get it done and dedicate it to Shirley's memory. In the meantime, as a tribute, here is one of the more complete of the incomplete tracks. Bob played bass and wrote the winningly goofy lyrics. Rest in Peace, Barlog, Sherwood Forest, Big Bad Bob, Barbados Bob, Taco Bob, or just plain Bob Shirley.

lyrics

I woke up at the break of dawn
I mowed the driveway and shoveled the lawn
I hopped in my Dodge and shaved my beard
little suspecting my day'd be so weird

I had a date with this girl I know
she said she wanted to surf in the snow
so I grabbed my board and my cool sunglasses
we went down the hill and fell on our asses

I never wanna surf in the snow again
I never wanna surf in the snow
I never wanna surf in the snow
and you can't make me go!

I came to in a hospital bed
with a Sony Walkman and tapes by the Dead
I asked the doctor, where's my girl?
He replied that she'd been attacked by a squirrel

I couldn't think of words for this verse
so I think I'll snag a couple of lines from the first
I woke up at the break of dawn
I mowed the driveway and shoveled the lawn

I never wanna surf in the snow again
I never wanna surf in the snow
I never wanna surf in the snow
and you can't make me go!

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from Never Get Old/I Never Wanna Surf in the Snow Again (rough mix), track released May 8, 2018
written by Robert C. Shirley, Jr. and Brian Andrew Marek
Brian Andrew Marek - drums, organ and backing vocals
Rob Matzker - piano
Dan O'Connell - rhythm guitar and lead vocals
Bob Shirley - bass guitar

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Rubberstamp Records is a DIY indie record label based in the Saint Louis, MO area and helmed by local music scene veteran Brian Andrew Marek.

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