Don't Go Near The Water (track) by The Beach Boys
Year: 1971
From the album Surf's Up (track #1)


Don't Go Near The Water appears on the following album(s) by The Beach Boys:
- Surf's Up (track #1) (this album) (1971)
- The Warmth Of The Sun (track #25) (compilation) (2007)
- Sunflower / Surf's Up (track #13) (compilation) (2000)
- Ten Years Of Harmony (track #21) (compilation) (1981)
- Feel Flows (The Sunflower & Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971) (track #35) (compilation) (2021)
Condition: Used
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All I can say is let BLO cook.
Ironic that Mike Love would write a song about protecting water from pollution then go on to endorse a president that gutted the clean water act.
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