Parody of “Under the Boardwalk”, words and music by
Kenny Young
and
Arthur Resnick
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Parody lyrics ©2025-07-02 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.
This sums up the premise of the 2019 Jordan Peele horror movie, “Us”.
Oh, when the summer starts
And my whole family’s at the beach,
Where the booths sell a hot
dill pickle fried blue cheese
stuffed caramel peach
Tricky scansion, with words having different pronunciations; Trust me; it scans. I revised this verse several times for the rest of July and August after writing the rest on July 2. It works like this:
“shoes get so hot” | “booths sell a hot”
“you wish your” | “dill pickle”
“TIE-herd FEET” | “FRIED blue CHEESE”
“were fire PROOF” | “stuffed carmul PEACH”
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Under the boardwalk Where we can’t see ‘em An unhappy doppelgänger Looks just like me. |
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(Under the boardwalk) |
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Out of the sun. |
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(Under the boardwalk) |
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They can never have fun. |
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(Under the boardwalk) |
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Eating raw meat and dust. |
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(Under the boardwalk) |
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One for each of us! |
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(Under the boardwalk! Boardwalk!) |
They have to mirror our steps,
The ups and downs of the carousel.
But no joy echoes down
To the stark concrete halls where they dwell.
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Under the boardwalk Where we can’t see ‘em An unhappy doppelgänger Looks just like me. |
| Chorus: |
(Under the boardwalk) |
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Out of the sun. |
| Chorus: |
(Under the boardwalk) |
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They can never have fun. |
| Chorus: |
(Under the boardwalk) |
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Eating raw meat and dust. |
| Chorus: |
(Under the boardwalk) |
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They look just like us! |
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(Under the boardwalk! Boardwalk!) |