Track 3 of the album Checkered Breakfast · 2014
Off-Season Pier Ska, Run the Boardwalk
by Skatalite Joe & the Ginger Horns
“The whole seaside to ourselves in October. We ran the boardwalk with a trumpet and nobody stopped us.”
ska · seaside ska · two-tone ska · 2:36
Lyrics
Seaside town in the off-season Whole place to ourselves Closed-up kiosk, empty beach Just gulls and wooden shelves Run the boardwalk, run run run Nobody here, we own the sun Run the boardwalk, hey hey hey Off-season, we dance all day Striped deckchairs stacked up high Arcade sleeping, lights all down Wind blows my hat to the sky Dancing on the empty town Run the boardwalk, run run run Nobody here, we own the sun Run the boardwalk, hey hey hey Off-season, we dance all day Horns up, horns up Hear the sea Hey, hey Dance with me Chips in paper, salt on the air Tide comes in, we do not care Pier is ours, from end to end Come on, come on, bring a friend Run the boardwalk, run run run Nobody here, we own the sun Run the boardwalk, hey hey hey Off-season, we dance all day Hey hey hey Dance all day