[Verse 1: Hooting California male lead, wild and loud, riding the toms] Six in the morning and the swell report read Twelve feet clean and I jumped out of bed Picked up the phone and I coughed real low Boss, I'm dying, it's the flu, you know Board on the roof and the wax in my hand Wetsuit on by the time I hit sand Lineup empty and the water like glass Every other worker stuck in a class [Chorus: Hooting California male lead, shouted, full chest] Cough on the phone, I'm out sick today Paddling out as far as I can stray Doctor said rest, so I rest on a wave Cough on the phone, I'm out sick today [Verse 2: Hooting California male lead, hooting, building] First set rolling like a mountain of blue Duck under one and I came up through Seal on the left and a pelican right Biggest day of the year and the sun so bright Paddle paddle paddle and I'm up on my feet Wall in the water like a city street Hooting so loud that the beach looked round Somebody else dropping in on my ground [Pre-Chorus: Hooting California male lead, faster, louder every line] Red board coming from the other side Same tan line and the same wide eyes [Chorus: Hooting California male lead, shouted, full chest] Cough on the phone, I'm out sick today Paddling out as far as I can stray Doctor said rest, so I rest on a wave Cough on the phone, I'm out sick today [Bridge: Hooting California male lead, swell toms, the floor toms build bigger as the wave rises, then the whole band crashes in on the drop] Up it goes and the lip comes over Two of us in it, shoulder to shoulder Boss in the barrel with his mouth wide open Both of us riding and nobody spoken [Verse 3: Hooting California male lead, full force, laughing] Washed up together on the very same sand Boss with a cough and a board in his hand He looked at me and I looked at him Said I never saw you, he said, same, Jim Monday at the office with the sunburn glow Boss by the coffee with his nose on show Swell report says Friday is big as a truck He winked at me and said, flu going round, good luck [Chorus: Hooting California male lead, shouted, full chest] Cough on the phone, I'm out sick today Paddling out as far as I can stray Doctor said rest, so I rest on a wave Cough on the phone, I'm out sick today [Outro: Hooting California male lead, the surf guitar rings out] Cough Cough Surf's up [End]