[Verse 1] I backed my Chevrolet out the driveway straight to the station Filled it up with gas, grabbed a bag of ice, a Mountain Dew and a Slim Jim Oh, and a couple of ice cold beers too And I swung a little gravel rock burning out that parking lot Found a long dirt road and the perfect river spot And broke out them beach chairs And we sat down right there and I pulled out my guitar And started strumming on it [Chorus] I wrote a song 'bout absolutely nothing With my toes tapping in the sand She sang along, just me and my baby humming Nothing, nothing like just doing Absolutely nothing (whoo hoo hoo) Absolutely nothing (whoo hoo hoo) [Verse 2] Well she was skipping rocks, grabbed my seat And I was popping tops and I popped a string Yeah man that sun must've been a hundred degrees Oh but we had a cold river at our feet And every now and then a cool, cool breeze We were blowing smoke with our eyes closed Neither one of us was saying a word Nah, we weren't saying a word, we were just a-touching toes every now and then And she gave me a smile It was beer-thirty all day long, all day long [Chorus] And I wrote a song 'bout absolutely nothing With my toes tapping in the sand She sang along, just me and my baby humming Nothing, nothing like just doing Absolutely nothing (whoo hoo hoo) Absolutely nothing (whoo hoo hoo) [Tag] I wrote a song 'bout absolutely nothing Singin' nah nah nah nah nah nah She sang along, just me and my baby humming Nothing, nothing like just doing Absolutely nothing (whoo hoo hoo) Absolutely nothing (whoo hoo hoo) Absolutely nothing (whoo hoo hoo) Absolutely (whoo hoo hoo) nothing