With their feet in the air you can hear 'em shout
 They're not afraid (don't back down, don't back down)
 Not my boys (don't back down, don't back down)
 They grit their teeth, (a-oo) they don't back down

 Don't back down
 You gotta be a little nuts
 Don't back down
 But show 'em now who's got guts
 Don't back down
 Don't back down from that wave

 With their feet full of tar and their hair full of sand
 The boys know the beach like the palm of their hand
 They're not afraid (don't back down, don't back down)
 Not my boys (don't back down, don't back down)
 They grit their teeth (a-oo) they don't back down

 Don't back down
 You gotta be a little nuts
 Don't back down
 But show 'em now who's got guts
 Don't back down
 Don't back down from that wave

 When a twenty-footer sneaks up like a ton of lead
 And the crest comes along and slaps 'em upside the head
 They're not afraid (don't back down, don't back down)
 Not my boys (Don't back down, don't back down)
 They grit their teeth (a-oo) they don't back down

 Don't back down
 You gotta be a little nuts
 Don't back down
 But show 'em now who's got guts
 Don't back down
 Don't back down from that wave

 Don't back down