I Can't F**king Swim (I'm Gonna Die) [rare early 60s turf rock vinyl]

This early 60s bit of music history, restored via ai music magic, comes to you crisp and dry from Freddy and The Shore Trotters. Originally a cover band, Freddy eventually steered the band toward a genre he called "observational surf." "If he was anything, he was honest," Chet Trotter said of his late bandmate’s lyrical style. "I think reliving that every night took a toll on him. After we came back from the tour, he spent a good year in his room alone before our next album. We got worried because after that whole thing at the beach he was deathly afraid of water. Sometimes we had to remind him to drink. So what the hell was he drinking in his room?"

It would take until their 1966 album - Engine Sounds - for Freddy to feel comfortable enough to recount the tragic events that followed "I Can't F**king Swim."

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Lyrics:

It's the best day of my life (the best day of his life)
She didn't have to think twice (maybe once but not twice)
Betty's ready to go steady
She said get your speedo, Freddy
We're going to the beach
But now I'd rather chug some bleach
Cause

I can't f**kin' swim (He can't f**kin swim)
No I can't f**kin' swim (He can't f**kin swim)
But if I don't jump into the water Betty will choose Jim
When they see me standing on the beach alone, they'll know that I'm a b**ch
But I can't f**kin' swim (He can't f**kin swim)

Oh I'm gonna die! (he's gonna die)
I'm gonna die! (not be alive)
It's either fry on land alone
Or drown in front of everyone
Cause I can't f**kin swim

It's the worst day of my life (the worst day of his life)
She's in a string bikini, that's nice (she looks so nice)
Betty's hotter in the water
She dove in though I tried to stall her
There's no stoppin' this hotty
I hope the cops can recover my body
Cause

I can't f**kin' swim (He can't f**kin swim)
No I can't f**kin' swim (He can't f**kin swim)
Maybe I can stay out of the water if I tell her I choose Jim
I think I'll delay the plunge a minute more and write my will into the shore
Cause I can't f**kin' swim

Oh I'm gonna die! (he's gonna die)
I'm gonna die! (not be alive)
It's either cry on land alone
Or drown in front of everyone
Cause I can't f**kin swim