The Beach Boys

Released: June 5, 2012

Songwriter: Joe Thomas Brian Wilson

Producer: Brian Wilson

[Verse 1]
Did you ever listen with the music missing
Turn your radio on
When the trees are swaying and the band is playing
Our favorite song

Shelter from the sunlight
Shelter from the cold night

[Chorus 1]
Just where I wanna be
Baby just you and me
Staying at home

[Chorus 2]
Summertime, take a few calls, make a little love
Thank God for shelter

[Chorus 3]
I'll give you shelter from the storm
And a house to keep you warm
I'll give you shelter through the night
And a chance to make this right

[Chorus 4]
Do you ever still think of me
And the way that we used to be
When the world was just you and me
Hanging out in our shelter

[Verse 2]
Now it's two o'clock
Lines around the block
Waiting for the parade
When the dark of night
Or the bright sunlight
Has you runnin' for shade

Together we can run and hide
Maybe we can stay inside

[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]

[Chorus 3]

[Chorus 4]

[Outro]
Do you think that you'd ever stay
Take a page out of yesterday
If we could only find a way
Hanging out in our shelter

The Beach Boys are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time and the first American pop band to reach the 50-year milestone. Their vocal harmonies are among the most unmistakable and enduring of the rock and roll era.

Formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California, by Brian Wilson, his two brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and classmate Al Jardine, the group’s first single “Surfin'” got them signed to Capitol Records and they quickly became one of the most popular and successful artists of the surf music craze of the 1960s. From 1962 to 1966, The Beach Boys scored over twenty top 40 hits in the US including the chart-toppers “I Get Around”, “Help Me Rhonda” & “Good Vibrations” along with the top 5’s “Surfin USA”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “California Girls”, “Barbara Ann” & “Sloop John B”. Several of the band’s singles also found top 40 success in Canada, Australia, Sweden and the UK. In 1965, de facto leader Brian Wilson suffered a mental breakdown due to the stress of writing, producing & touring combined with substance abuse issues, causing him to step down and stop traveling with the band on tour.

Inspired by producer Phil Spector and The Beatles' Rubber Soul, Brian focused on studio work, determined to keep the group relevant as the surf music scene was fading with their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Despite tension between members in the studio about this new direction, lack of faith from the record label, mixed reviews, and comparatively lukewarm reception initially in the US, the album still found massive success in the UK and earned accolades from fellow artists including The Beatles, who acknowledged that the album was their inspiration to further push the boundaries of pop music with their landmark album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Eventually Pet Sounds would be acknowledged as one of the greatest albums ever recorded by several media outlets like The Times, Mojo Magazine, The Guardian, VH1, BBC and Rolling Stone.

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