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Charlie Don’t Surf is a famous line from the film Apocalypse Now, spoken by LTCOL Kilgore as justification for taking a beach at the Mekong Delta so the American soldiers could go surfing.
The song features on the bands 1980 album Sandinista!
Charlie don't surf and we think he should
Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma
Charlie's going to be a napalm star
Everybody wants to rule the world
It must be something we get from birth
One truth is we never learn
Satellites will make space burn
We've been told to keep the strangers out
We don't like them starting to hang around
We don't like them all over town
Across the world we are going to blow them down
(Chorus)
Charlie don't surf and we think he should
Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma
Charlie's going to be a napalm star
The reign of the super powers must be over
So many armies can't free the earth
Soon the rock will roll over
Africa is choking on their Coca Cola
It's a one a way street in a one horse town
One way people starting to brag around
You can laugh, put them down
These one way people going to blow us down
(Chorus)
Charlie don't surf and we think he should
Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma
Charlie's going to be a napalm star
Charlie don't surf he'll never learn
Charlie don't surf though he's got a gun
Charlie don't surf think that he should
Charlie don't surf we really think that he should
Charlie don't surf
Charlie Don’t Surf was written by Topper Headon & Mick Jones & Paul Simonon & Joe Strummer.
Charlie Don’t Surf was produced by Mikey Dread & The Clash.
The Clash released Charlie Don’t Surf on Fri Dec 12 1980.