it all began in grammar school and on the beach everybody graduated there we were off we went to junior high there we were everybody graduated off we went to high school except one of us on the beach he was and there he stayed he saw the hobie cat the beginnings of it polyurethane longboard shortboard every board on the beach he saw it on the beach roll willie roll willie you saw it all willie on the beach youre not a bum willie never a bum willie but in years to come willie twas in reach some went to college some went to war some came back crazy some were crazy before willie saw acid willie saw fear willie saw freebase but willies still here on the beach on the beach still on the beach still on the beach theyre building a railroad downtown to here thats what they say they said it sixty years ago but theyre building it today the lifeguard towers you used to live in comin down man theyre comin down the lifeguard towers where youd hold forth for hours about the polyurethane the hobie cat the big longboards and the shortboards too wille if it ever rains again dont sleep under the pier those twenty foot sets we used to lie about well theyre here now willie and theyll take you out roll willie roll you never get old you look just like you used to look a hundred years ago on the beach on the beach nice to see you willie still on the beach on the beach on the beach nice to see you willie still on the beach2