If We All Only Had a Chine
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I would watch their bikinis,
conferrin' with wahines
Waitin' for a sign.
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And my head I'd be scratchin' while
my thoughts were busy hatchin'
How to buy a boat with chine.
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I'd could surf every wave,
And the gals they would rave,
and life would be so benign.
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See, on the waves we'd be smokin'
as we skimmed by Hoboken
If we all had a chine.
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Oh, I could tell you why
The ocean's near the shore.
You could think of things you never thunk before.
And then you'd paddle, and paddle some more.
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You would not be just a nothin'
your head all full of stuffin'
If your boat had a chine.
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You would no more be a-pearlin',
A huli-in' and a-whirlin'
If you only had a chine.
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With apologies to anyone from Oz.
