«During his freshman year at Occidental, Obama and his dormitory mates would congregate around a couch in the hallway of their floor while stereos blasted songs by bands like The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The B-52's and The Flying Lizards. The conversations at Haines Hall revolved around such topics as the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan that year, President Jimmy Carter's proposed revival of draft registration and the energy crisis.»



We were at a party
His ear lobe fell in the deep
Someone reached in and grabbed it
It was a rock lobster

Rock lobster
Rock lobster

We were at the beach
Everybody had matching towels
Somebody went under a dock
And there they saw a rock
It wasn't a rock
It was a rock lobster

Rock lobster
Rock lobster

Motion in the ocean
His air hose broke
Lots of trouble
Lots of bubble
He was in a jam
Was in a giant clam

Rock, rock
Rock lobster!
Down, down

Underneath the waves
Mermaids wavin'
Wavin' to mermen
Wavin' sea fans
Sea horses sailin'
Dolphins wailin'

Rock lobster
Rock lobster

Rock lobster
Rock lobster

Red snappers snappin'
Clam shells clappin'
Muscles flexin'
Flippers flippin'

Rock, rock
Rock lobster!
Down, down

Lobster
Rock
Lobster
Rock

Let's rock!

Boy's in bikinis
Girls in surfboards
Everybody's rockin'
Everybody's fruggin'

Twistin' 'round the fire
Havin' fun
Bakin' potatoes
Bakin' in the sun

Put on your noseguard
Put on the lifeguard
Pass the tanning butter

Here comes a stingray
There goes a manta-ray
In walked a jelly fish
There goes a dogfish
Chased by a catfish
In flew a sea robin
Watch out for that piranha
There goes a narwhal
Here comes a bikini whale!

Rock lobster
Rock lobster
Rock lobster
Rock lobster


           The B-52's, «Rock Lobster»