[Intro] [bright, clean electric guitar with spring reverb plays surf riff] (Wah-ooh, wah-ooh, yeah) (Wah-ooh, listen to the sea) [Verse 1] [acoustic guitar strumming, bass and drums enter] There's a wooden park down by the pier I was just a little kid with nothing to fear Building up castles in the Santa Monica sand With a plastic red bucket right there in my hand Mom would call out from the top of the dune Time to head home boy, we'll be back real soon But the ocean was calling, a magical sound With my toes in the water and my feet on the ground [Chorus] [full band, driving energy] Oh, the sun-kissed years Rolling like the tide with the Pacific Ocean right by our side From a barefoot little boy to a teenage dream Living life in a Southern California scene, yeah The sun-kissed years Forever young and free (Ooh-ooh) Just the sand, the surf, and the deep blue sea (Wah-ooh, yeah) (Wah-ooh, yeah) [Verse 2] Turned sixteen and got the keys to a Chevy two-tone Cruising down the PCH, never feeling alone Waxing up the board down at Huntington Beach With the salt in our hair and the world in our reach We'd paddle out past the breakers, chasing the swell Under the golden sun, yeah, we knew it so well With a towel on the hood and a radio tuned We were kings of the coast from the dawn to the moon [Chorus] Oh, the sun-kissed years Rolling like the tide with the Pacific Ocean right by our side From a barefoot little boy to a teenage dream Living life in a Southern California scene, yeah The sun-kissed years Forever young and free (Ooh-ooh) Just the sand, the surf, and the deep blue sea [Bridge] [surf guitar solo with tremolo picking] Ooh, the years go by like a summer breeze But the smell of the salt brings me to my knees We might get older, we might move away But the heart of the beach is here to stay Yes, it's here to stay [Guitar Solo] [distorted surf rock lead guitar] [Verse 3] Now a bonfire king when the sun goes down With a transistor radio and a guitar in town Singing 'bout the good times, the girls in the cars Underneath a blanket of a million stars We don't need much, just the waves and the wind Where the childhood magic never has to end From Malibu shores to the San Diego Bay We're living the dream in the USA [Chorus] Oh, the sun-kissed years Rolling like the tide with the Pacific Ocean right by our side From a barefoot little boy to a teenage dream Living life in a Southern California scene, yeah The sun-kissed years Forever young and free (Ooh-ooh) Just the sand, the surf, and the deep blue sea [Outro] (Wah-ooh, yeah) No more tears, just the sand and the sea You and me Yes, Southern California, you're the place to be (Wah-ooh, yeah) Surf, surf, my friends (Wah-ooh, yeah) (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
