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“Busy Doin' Nothin'” is the tenth track on the Beach Boys' fourteenth studio album, Friends. The song’s bossa nova feel and lyrical focus on the small and seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life sets it apart from other songs included on the album.
[Verse 1]
I had to fix a lot of things this morning
Because they were so scrambled
But now it's okay
I tell you I've got enough to do
The afternoon was filled up with phone calls
What a hot sticky day
Yeah, yeah, yeah
The air is cooling down
[Chorus 1]
Take all the time you need, it's a lovely night
If you decide to come, you're going to do it right
Drive for a couple miles, you see a sign and turn
Left for a couple blocks, next is mine you'll turn
Left on a little road, it's a bumpy one
You see a white fence, move the gate and drive
Through on the left side, come right in and you'll
Find me in my house somewhere
Keeping busy while I wait
[Verse 2]
I get a lot of thoughts in the morning
I write them all down
If it wasn't for that
I'd forget them in a while
And lately I've been thinking about a good friend
I'd like to see more of
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I think I'll make a call
[Chorus 2]
I wrote a number down but I lost it
So I searched through my pocket book, I couldn't find it
So I sat and concentrated on the number and
Slowly it came to me so I dialed it
And I let it ring a few times, there was no answer
[Outro]
So I let it ring a little more, still no answer
So I hung up the telephone, got some paper and
Sharpened up a pencil and
Wrote a letter to my friend
Busy Doin’ Nothin’ was written by Brian Wilson.
Busy Doin’ Nothin’ was produced by The Beach Boys.
The Beach Boys released Busy Doin’ Nothin’ on Mon Jun 24 1968.