CHORUS: A BEACH, SO LIVE YOUR LIFE, 'CAUSE THERE'S NO REASON, TO WONDER WHY, 'CAUSE AND BAD TIMES, THEY COME AND GO, THE TIDE IS HIGH, SOMETIMES IT'S LOW, LIFE'S A BEACH, SO LIVE LIFE, AND LIVE EACH DAY, UNTIL YOU DIE, 'CAUSE FRIENDS ARE THERE FOR YOU, THROUGH AND THIN, WHEN YOU'RE THE LAST IN LINE AND YOU WIN
I REMEMBER, BACK IN THE DAYS, I WAS YOUNG, MY FRIENDS AND I, PLAYED BASKETBALL AND HAD FUN, WE WOULD, STAY OUTSIDE ALL DAY IT WAS NIGHT, 'CAUSE WHEN A KID IN THE SUMMER, EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT, AND SOME KIDS LIKED BASEBALL, SO THEY WOULD PLAY IT, FROM UNTIL THE FALL, AND WE WOULD PLAY ON THE SAND, DOWN AT THE BEACH, WHEN OUR TOOK US THERE, AT THE END OF THE WEEK, EVERYTHING WAS LOVELY, WAS SWEET, NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD, I START TO NOTICE GIRLS AND THEN I TRY TO GET THEM, TO NOTICE ME, BUT I'M TOO YOUNG, TO DO LIKE THE TEENS.
WHEN A TEENAGER, THINGS TEND TO COMPLICATE, YOU THINK ABOUT GRADES MORE AND THE FIRST PERSON YOU DATE, DO GIRLS WANT?, HOW DO YOU IT TO THEM?, HOW DO YOU FIT IN, WITH YOUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS?, SHOULD YOU LISTEN TO THEM?, WHAT IS LOVE?, WHAT'S THE OF IT ALL?, SHOULD YOU STARE AT THE PHONE ALL DAY?, YOU CALL HER?, WHY IS IT HARDER, NOT TO BE LATE, ON A SCHOOL NIGHT?, YOU GET ANY SLEEP TONIGHT?, YOU'VE GOT TOMORROW AND MORE QUESTIONS SEEM TO FOLLOW, PROM, COLLEGE, THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR FUTURE, 'CAUSE NOT A KID ANYMORE, THAT'S FOR SHORE, BUT YOU'RE NOT GROWN ENOUGH, TO LEAVE HOME.
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I'M ALL GROWN UP NOW, LIKE THE PRETTY GIRLS MORE, STILL BUY MY JUICE, AT THE PHIL. IMPORTS STORE, DON'T DELIVER PIZZAS FOR CHANELLO'S ANYMORE, BUT I STILL LOVE TO THE STREETS, OF VIRGINIA AND MAYBE ONE DAY, I'LL PLAY SOME GOLF, OR TAKE A BOAT OFF THE DOCKS, AT RUDEE INLET AND LET THE DAYS OF SUMMER ROLL, 'CAUSE I STILL LIKE IT WHEN IT'S WARM, MORE THAN WHEN COLD, 'CAUSE THE GIRLS LOOK HOT, ON AVENUE AND I WANT A CUTIE, HANGING OUT AT THE BEACH TO, COME WITH ME, TO THE BEACH AMPHITHEATRe AND WE CAN HAVE A TO REMEMBER THAT...
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