We Went To the Beach

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 beachWe 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 bringEven if we spent every single cent to stay across the street

We went to the beachWe mowed a few yards

I filled a coffee can with some Benjamins

Just a couple of friends

Barely seventeen

We went to the beachAnd in the middle of March

Before real life start, partied so hard

We could hardly remember a thingIt was PBRs and tiki bars

Don't take my fake I.D

It was cigarettes, girls we just met

Making out on lifeguard seatsAnd those polaroids of me and the boys is all the proof I need

We went to the beach, oh yeahGirl, don't you hate to leave

It's been one hell of a weekIt 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 sheetsIf I know you and me, we only get one of these

We went to the beachAnd we went to the beach

We went to the beach

We went to the beach

Songwriters

MATT JENKINS, RICHARD CHASE MCGILL, LAURA JEANNE VELTZPublished by

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