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 Barely seventeen We went to the beach And in the middle of March Before real life start, partied so hard We could hardly remember a thing It was PBRs and tiki bars Don't take my fake I.D It was cigarettes, girls we just met Making out on lifeguard seats And those polaroids of me and the boys is all the proof I need We went to the beach, oh yeah Girl, don't you hate to leave It's been one hell of a week It was a vow, to you do I, "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 We went to the beach And we went to the beach We went to the beach We went to the beach