We'd lean our bikes and pass the dunes and cypress trees
To a crystal cove of childhood soul and treasured memories
Tommy and I basking on our boards
Waiting on the waves
We were the kings of the stage
Young, strong and brave
Gliding on the palm of God's hand
To castles in the sand
Take me to the summers of gold
Let me feel those dreams run free
'Neath the sun and rolling sea
The magic takes hold
In an endless summer of gold
Barefoot in the pines with our arrows and bows
Talking 'bout this moonlit bar, where the coolest kids would go
Snuck out at night and wandered through the cricket cries
We dualled over Lisa
She chose that dude with the one two five
Tommy and I didn't talk for days
Until we heard the waves
Take me to the summers of gold
Diamond dice and figurines
In a world of make believe
You'll never grow old
In an endless summer of gold
Remember when that bushfire
Tore through the turtle groves
Us and the guys in sweat and ash
We saved the homes
We spend our days cheating death
Though in time, he'll hunt you down
They said you crashed and you died quick
Well Tommy my tears they stuck around
Twenty years and now a day in my beat up car
My son's in the backseat
He's wondering where the hell we are
We reached the cove by sunset
Seemed like nothing changed
As my boy and I, we paddled through that glistening plain
Was it in the breeze, the breaks, the scent
Was it everywhere?
Man I felt you there
Take me to the summers of gold
Let me feel those dreams run free
'Neath the sun and rolling sea
The magic takes hold
In an endless summer of gold
Oh brother
Bless your soul
In an endless summer of gold
Summer of gold