I wanna go back to when the world was free
When all my friends were just like me
Southern California 1963
Baby do you wanna take a ride with me
Down to the sand and the waves and the surf and the sea
The sun is out, the waves are breaking big
Baby baby say you'll take a ride with me
And we'll run
Under the summer sun
Ride the summer waves
Every summer day
I got a brand new car and I can take you around
To where the action is I'm gonna take you down
To Hermosa Beach 'cause the gang's all there
And I know that you can make it with your long blonde hair
Then tonight
We can make the scene
Down where the lights are bright
I think you know what I mean
New vibrations
Across the nation a new generation
We're feelin' the motion
A new education
Now I'm here – right where I wanna be
You know this kind of life is lookin' good to me
Dan't wanna grow up, I never wanna leave
Getting old is only gonna bring me misery
Let me stay
Right here with all my friends
The world is ours today
I hope it never ends
I'm gonna follow that sun
And I'm never gonna stop having fun
And nothing's ever gonna change my world
And I'm never gonna lose that girl