The Best Baja Class Ever (A Song for Aaron E. Hirsh)

Written to commemorate the 2006 Stanford seminar at Bahia de Los Angeles which was undoubtedly the best Baja class ever.

Words and music by David. Harmony vocals by Kristen.



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Verse 1
The stars aligned over the Baja seas,
And the animals, they aimed to please.
First the fin whales gorged to their hearts’ delight.
The sea lions gave an acrobatic display,
And a whole pod of dolphins came over to play
But what we next saw dropped Veronica’s jaw
And left the whole crew in a silenced awe
As false killer whales and pilots filled our sight.

Chorus
2006 was a mighty fine year
Though the winds did blow and things were unclear
In days to come, they’ll want to take a look
Woh, to a time when
Whales abound and folks songs sound
And the best class ever was in town.
Aaron E. Hirsh please let us into your book.

Verse 2
Remember that day when we first arrived
And we marveled at a lone cloud stuck in the sky
But that was before the coming of the hurricane
Well, the winds picked up and waves got rough
And Dmitri was thinking we’d all had enough
But we took it in stride, took the cots inside
Didn’t let it stop our hiking or our kayak ride
And enjoyed the shower in the freshly falling rain.

Bridge
But hey, it’s about the people and the things that we did there
We were . . .
Mountain climbin’, stingray defyin’
Cetacian spottin’, snack time alottin’
Backflip turnin’, lighting fast learnin’
Frisbee tossin’, octopus crossin’
We’re smart, cool, fun, rockin’
Everybody is a talkin’
Aaron, how can you keep us from your book?