Cover Song: "Super Skier" (Patreon)

Older SE Michigan fans will recognize this from the standard set list of the late Marty Burke, a magnificent performer. I kinda borrowed both his version and the version by the Chad Mitchell Trio.

Well, they called him Super SkierAs he sat out on the sundeckAnd he swore that he’d never spill...And when they finally took him downThey had to use three toboggansTo carry all the pieces down the hill

He was runnin’ down that slopeDoin’ ninety miles an hourWhen he caught an edge of his skiWell, his bones, they were fastBut the slopes, they were fasterThat’s the last of Super Skier we shall see

He hollered, “What the hell!”As he lined ‘em parallelHe figured there was nothing else to learnAs he started on his way,He was shoutin’, “Ondelay!”Assuming that he’d never have to turn

Well, he was slippin’ down that slopeGoin’ ninety miles an hourWhen a mogul flipped him in the airHis jumping form was fineUntil he ran into a pineAnd two one-legged skiers left from there

When he left the tree at lastHe was skiing twice as fastBoth halves were skimming moguls like a featherHe said, “If I must beA split personality,However can I keep my knees together?”

Well, one half was headed eastAnd the other headed west‘Cause both halves, you see, were running freerAnd the people on Little Nell,They looked up as scared as hellSaid, “It’s a bird…no, it’s a plane…it’s...."

And the moral of my storyThough my story’s kinda goryFor all you sundeck Charlies, there's still hope:You buy the fastest skis you canThen you talk skiing like a manBut don’t let people get you on the slope

He was goin’ down that slopeGoin’ ninety miles an hourWhen he caught an edge of his skiWell, his bones, they were fastBut the slopes, they were fasterThat’s the last of Super Skier we shall see

And let's get Charlie off the M.T.A.!

Words & music by Bob Gibson, Enid Rieser and Larry Rieser