Verse 1:
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If everybody had an ocean
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Across the u.s.a.
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Then everybody'd be surfin'
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Like California
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You'd seem 'em wearing their baggies
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Huarachi sandals too
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A bushy bushy blonde hairdo
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Surfin' u.s.a.
 
Verse 2:
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You'd catch 'em surfin' at Del Mar
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Ventura County line
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Santa Cruz and Trestles
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Australia's Narrabeen
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All over Manhattan
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And down Doheny Way
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Everybody's gone surfin'
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Surfin' u.s.a.
 
Verse 3:
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We'll all be planning out a route
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We're gonna take real soon
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We're waxing down our surfboards
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We can't wait for June
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We'll all be gone for the summer
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We're on safari to stay
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Tell the teacher we're surfin'
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Surfin' u.s.a.
 
Verse 4:
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Haggerties and Swamies
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Pacific Palisades
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San Onofre and Sunset
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Redondo Beach L.A.
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All over La Jolla
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At Waimea Bay
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Everybody's gone surfin'
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Surfin' u.s.a.
 
Outro -x3-: 
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Everybody's gone surfin'
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Surfin U.S.A