[Verse 1]
Rain is pouring down
In our landlocked town
Skies are always gray
Let's go surfing, babe

[Verse 2]
Somewhere there is hope
Somewhere there are dreams
Far from soot and smoke
Let's go surfing, babe

[Chorus 1]
Tonight as we look at the moon and the stars
From our room with security bars
There's a westerly wind that is blowing both our minds
And both our feet
Walk through sand that's as white as the snow
Past the people named Kelley and Joe
Who have nothing in common with anyone we know

[Verse 3]
We know they're too Wagnerian
Too Shakespearian
Too impossible
Let's go surfing, babe
[Verse 4]
Somewhere there is hope
Far from everything
Far from misanthropes
Let's go surfing, babe

[Chorus 2]
Tonight, from a room only Dickens could love
Wearing moth-eaten sweaters and gloves
We will open the window and feel an on-shore wind a-blowing in
Grab our boards from the back of our van
Paddle out 'til we can't see the sand
Spin around and drop into the wave we hope will never end

[Interlude]
Somewhere there is hope
Somewhere there are dreams
Far from everything
Let's go surfing, babe

[Chorus 3]
Tonight, grab our boards from the back of our van
Paddle out 'til we can't see the sand
Spin around and drop into the wave we hope will never end

[Post-Chorus]
Catch a wave, a wave, a wave
Catch a wave, a wave, a wave
[Verse 5/Outro]
Somewhere there is hope
Somewhere there are dreams
Far from everything
Let's go surfing, babe
Somewhere there is hope
Somewhere there are dreams
Far from everything
Let's go surfing, babe