Well we went to the surf hop on the beach
We drank Coca-cola, my buddies and me, and we surfed
And so I saw this girl across the golden sand
I walked up to her and I held her hand and we danced

She was so fine in the California summertime
I talked to her, yeah, I talked to her

About the sand and the surf and the sun in the sky
She said she’d never surfed but she’d like to try, oh my
And so I gave her a wetsuit that my sister had worn
And we walked to the sea and I pushed her out on a board

She was so fine in the California summertime
But she was the one, the first to succumb
To Shark Attack on Surf Cove USA
Shark Attack on Surf Cove USA

I saw the dorsal fin across the ocean blue
I could have saved her skin but I didn’t know what to do
And my girl didn’t see the shark approaching
She was awaiting my surfing coaching, oh no

She was so fine in the California summertime
But she was the one, the first to succumb
To Shark Attack on Surf Cove USA
Shark Attack on Surf Cove USA

Shark in the water, shark in the water
Somebody screamed, “hey dude, that’s my daughter!”
And before my eyes all the images flew
Of all the things that the teeth of shark can do
To pretty girls in my sister’s wetsuit

But you wouldn’t believe what happened then
She stood upon her board and she hung ten, oh wow
Turned out she was a surfing natural
She rode that wave all matter of factual

She was so fine in the California summertime
Ironically, the very next week

She was surfing on the sea like a pro would do
And someone shouted “shark” but she knew what to do
She stood right up upon her waxed surfboard and
The next thing I knew she was in its jaws
The surf was red from my baby’s blood
Somebody said “She shouldn’ta oughta been so smug”
And as the shark dragged her under, I thought “oh bummer,
That’s really put a crimp on the rest of summer”

She was so fine in the California summertime
But she was the one, the first to succumb
To Shark Attack on Surf Cove USA
Shark Attack on Surf Cove USA