Lyrics
SURFBOARD MAID / © 1972 Mark Hamby
From the One More Night Like This CD
I took a bus out here this morning just to spite my president
And I’ll bum a ride back after nightfall to my legal residence
But I see you coming with your surfboard; I just know you’re gonna be mine
So don’t hurry, I’m enjoying you just one step at a time
“Hello darling”—that’s what I’ll say when you pass me on the pier
And you ought to know who said it ‘cause I’m the only person here
And maybe you’ll have a car and money for a movie and drink
And I can quit the lousy job from which they fired me last week
It’s all in the cards for today
I stacked the deck myself
I think it’s a beautiful way
To toast the season’s health
So I made a deal with my landlady that if I become a star
I will send a glossy picture she can hang behind her bar
But we know that I ain’t going nowhere and my rent shall stay unpaid
While I’m waiting here all summer for my pretty surfboard maid
It’s all in the cards for today
I stacked the deck myself
I think it’s a beautiful way
To toast the season’s health
So I made a deal with my landlady that if I become a star
I will send a glossy picture she can hang behind her bar
But we know that I ain’t going nowhere and my rent shall stay unpaid
While I’m waiting here all summer for my pretty surfboard maid