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Life's a Beach

by Cheddar Peppers

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Living in the south, one of the fastest escapes to paradise is to load up the family and take a little road trip down to the Gulf of Mexico. My mom and dad started a yearly tradition for my sisters and me when I was just a few months old. That tradition continued until my college days. Every year we spent our spring breaks, and usually a week in the summer, visiting the world's most beautiful beaches down in Panama City Beach, Florida. Our once secret hideaway became over-exploited after MTV showed up with their cameras and televised the prestigious Emerald Coast to the world. After that, we skipped around to other areas of the Florida panhandle to avoid the crowds. In an effort to pass on some of the memories that I was fortunate enough to experience, my wife and I now continue that same annual pilgrimage with our kids. This song is about those family trips down to the beach, escaping the realities of the treacherous workweek and just chillin' out with the people I love the most.

It’s time to live it up y’all!
Tim

FYI... that is my youngest daughter Brinkley, my son Xander and my wife Ericka on the artwork for the single.

lyrics

The bags are packed lets get this plan in motion
Load up the kids and head straight for the ocean
My wife’s ridin’ shotgun and holdin’ my hand
Gonna keep drivin’ south ‘til we run into sand

Makin’ new memories on our family vacation
Shoppin’ for snacks at some dirty gas station
Waited in line for a restroom that stinks
Spent fifty-six dollars on junk food and drinks

Got a bucket and shovel, some sunscreen, a hat
A Frisbee, Nerf football and a big plastic bat
Cheap foldin’ chairs with cold drinks in reach
It's time to live it up y’all…’cause life’s a beach

Pedal to the metal not a blue light in sight
This time tomorrow we’ll be stringin' up kites
Rain in the forecast but we’re jonesin’ for sun
Really don’t matter ‘cause we’re still havin’ fun

We'll be the first ones up to go huntin' for shells
Scoop up the best ones 'til we fill up our pails
Watch dolphins emerge spottin' dorsal fins
It’s a front row seat through a binocular lens

Got a bucket and shovel, some sunscreen, a hat
A Frisbee, Nerf football and a big plastic bat
Cheap foldin’ chairs with cold drinks in reach
It's time to live it up y’all…’cause life’s a beach

Sand on everything even up in my nose
Got a flip flop blister burnin’ ‘tween my toes
All dressed up before headin’ to town
Snap a picture or two with the sun goin’ down

Big ol’ pile of shrimp with tails to be plucked
Got a tray full of oysters all perfectly shucked
Basket of crackers and a bottle of hot sauce
Fresh whole lobster, bout to feast like a boss

Got a bucket and shovel, some sunscreen, a hat
A Frisbee, Nerf football and a big plastic bat
Cheap foldin’ chairs with cold drinks in reach
It’s time to live it up y’all…’cause life’s a beach

It’s time to live it up y’all…’cause life’s a beach
Life’s a beach, oh oh...life’s a beach

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released March 13, 2020
Tim Hill / Cheddar Peppers

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Cheddar Peppers Little Rock, Arkansas

Founded across the Arkansas River from Little Rock, Cheddar Peppers is the latest country music endeavor by lyricist / songwriter Tim Hill. Cheddar Peppers music incorporates an explosion of both American modern country and Southern rock sounds... all beautifully intertwined together. Each song is a musical journey, crisscrossing genres, while still serving up a distinctive southern flavor. ... more

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