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 smelled the salt of the beach 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, filled a coffee can with some Benjamins Just a couple of friends, barely seventeen We went to the beach And in the middle of March before real life starts We partied so hard we could hardly remember a thing It was PBRs and tiki bars, don't take my fake ID It was cigarettes, girls we just met, making out in lifeguard seats And those Polaroids of me and a boy, it's all the proof I need We went to the beach Oh yeah Ooh, girl don't you hate to leave Ooh, it's been one hell of a week It was a vow to you, do I do, babe can you believe It was brand new tans, brown golden bands, the sand all in the sheets If I know you and me, we'll only get one of these We went to the beach We went to the beach We went to the beach We went to the beach