We went to the beach

Every year, the middle of June

We crammed into that Astro van

Tighter than a can of sardines

And we went to the beach



We fought in the back

And dad got mad

And mama rolled the windows down

"Y'all smell the salt of the beach?"



Well, it was double beds

With a kitchenette

Bedspreads of sea-foam green

It was sunburns and taking turns

On boogie boards we'd bring



Even if we spent every single cent to stay across the street

We went to the beach



We mowed a few yards

I filled a coffee can with some Benjamins

Just a couple of friends

Just barely seventeen



And we went to the beach



And in the middle of March

We put real life starts and partied so hard

We could barely remember a thing



It was PBRs and tiki bars

Don't take my fake I.D

It was cigarettes, girls we just met

And making out on lifeguard seats



And those polaroids of me and the boys is all the proof I need

And we went to the beach



Girl, don't you hate to leave

It's been one hell of a week



It was a vow, to you too, "I do."

Babe, can you believe?

It was brand new tans

Brown-golden bands

Of sand all in the sheets



If I know you and me, we only get one of these

And we went to the beach



We went to the beach

We went to the beach

We went to the beach