i wanna go back to when the world was free when all my friends were just like me ahhhh 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 ooooh 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 ooooh new vibrations across the nation it s 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 don 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 ooooh 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 ooh 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 every summer day every summer day every summer day every summer