[Verse 1]
We went to the beach
Every year, the middle of June
We crammed into that Astrovan
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?"

[Chorus]
Well, it was double beds with a kitchenette
Bedspreads of seafoam green
It was sunburns and takin' turns
On boogie boards we'd bring
Even if we spent every single cent
To stay across the street
We went to the beach

[Verse 2]
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 starts
Partied so hard, we could hardly remember a thing
[Chorus]
It was PBRs and tiki bars
Don't take my fake ID
It was cigarettes, girls we just met
Makin' out on lifeguard seats
And those Polaroids of me and the boys
Is all the proof I need
We went to the beach

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, yeah

[Bridge]
(Ooh) Girl, don't you hate to leave?
(Ooh) It's been one hell of a week

[Chorus]
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'll only get one of these
When we went to the beach

[Outro]
And we went to the beach
When we went to the beach
We went to the beach