The lakeside's calling, "it's time to jump in."
And what do you know? It's been 3 hours or so.
Got sand in my hair and sun on my skin,
But it's time to get clean, and I don't want to go.

These friends of mine won't be with me back home.
We've waited 9 long months just to get to yesterday.
Here, we dream in rainbows, gloss, and chrome,
So can we get 5 more minutes here in the water to play?

Take me back to those beach days
Out on the dock catching sun rays
Finally emerging from cold haze
At the end of that long maze.
Figuring out all the fun ways
To solidify in our mind's gaze
Everything we are and what we do and how we feel.
It's like it wasn't even real.

No one's got a soul where I come from.
It's all about winning and sinning to get there before you're caught.
All I need is love, even if you think that's dumb,
So why don't we go for a swim right now while the sun is hot?

Take me back to those beach days
Out on the dock catching sun rays
Finally emerging from cold haze
At the end of that long maze.
Figuring out all the fun ways
To solidify in our mind's gaze
Everything we are and what we do and how we feel.
It's like it wasn't even real.

I'm fighting back tears down 295
Cuz I don't know the next time I'll feel this alive.
And you, my friend, you never seemed like one to cry,
But I know it hurts
To say goodbye.

Still, we'll always have beach days,
In our heads through the malaise
Stuck there like the new dance craze
At all the lakes, rivers, and bays.

Take me back to those beach days
Out on the dock catching sun rays
Finally emerging from cold haze
At the end of that long maze.
Figuring out all the fun ways
To solidify in our mind's gaze
Everything we are and what we do and how we feel.
It's like it wasn't even real.