Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Santa Cruz Favorite "Beer Run"

Here's a classic song for my oldest son, Jason...
(Jay Holliday has this song permanently embedded in his brain.)

B-double E double R U-N beer run
B-double E double R U-N beer run
all we need is a ten and five-er,
a car and key and a sober driver.
--
B-double E double R U-N beer run
A couple of frat guys from Abilene
drove out all night to see Robert Earl
Keenat the KPIG Swine and Sworea Dance.
--
They wore baseball caps and khaki pants.
They wanted cigarettes, so to save a little money
they bought one off this hippie that smelled kinda funny.
And next thing they knew they were both pretty hungry and pretty thirsty too
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B-double E double R U-N beer run
B-double E double R U-N beer ru-unn
All we need is a ten and five-er, car and key and an able driver.
B-double E double R U-N beer run
--
They found a store with a sign that said
their beer was coldest.
So they sent in Brad 'cause he looked the oldest.
He got a case of beer and a candy bar,
walked over to where all the registers are
laid his fake I.D. on the counter top.
The clerk looked, and turned to look back up and stopped.
He said "Son, I ain't gonna call the cops,
but I'm gonna have to keep this card"
the guys both took it pretty hard.
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B-double E double R U-N beer run
B-double E double R U-N beer ru-un
oh how happy we would be-had we only brought a better fake I.D.
B-double E double R U-N-beer run
--
They met another old hippie named Sleepy John,
claimed to be the one from the Robert Earl song.
So they gave him all their cash-he bought em some brews.
Was a beautiful day out in Santa Cruz
--
They were feelin' so good it shoulda been a crime.
The crowd was cool, and the band was prime.
They made it back up front to their seats just in time
to they could sing with all their friends
"the road goes on foreverand the party never ends".
--
B-double E double R U-N beer run
all we need is a ten and a five-er, car and key and a sober driver.
B-double E double R U-N beer run
B-double E double R U-N beer run

1 comment:

  1. We do this song every gig at our local brewpub. The audience eats it up. (Then we do "Wagon Wheel", and occasionally we get a tip or two.)

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