It's a warm day
The sun is shining
Someone says "Let's go to Brighton"
So we all get up on our friends car;
Hold on tight 'cos we're doing ninety miles per hour.
We left a London awhere it's hot
We're heading for our favourite spot
Down on the coast way past the town of Crawley;
Where the breeze blows and the air tastes of the sea.
We a walk along the promenade pier
Spend a pound or two on fun and beer
Then look around
See what we can see
Bikini girls and everybody smiling happily.
Sunbathe now h'on the beach
Here is the man who sells ice-cream
Way over there kids throw pebbles in the sea
Where we swim amongst a lot of pretty company.
Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs were an English novelty band that issued a few recordings in the early 1970s. The band was an alias adopted by Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts but signed to a different record label. Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs was created to promote the hit single "Seaside Shuffle". The name was not a reference to any particular band member, but was simply a pun on the name of the Jurassic flying reptile pterodactyl. Notable band members were Jona Lewie (composer/vocals/accor...
