Way back when well our master plan   Was havin' fun fun fun as America's band   Well we came out rockin' with Rhonda and Barbara Ann   Singin' of surf and sand      Now when we look back over all the fun we had   If our lifestyle's over now it sure is sad   We gotta get back to livin' without a care   Give me sunshine water and an ozone layer      Paradise is a state of mind   Where Mother Nature nurtures and man is kind   We need a change now wouldn't it be nice   If we could bring back summer      Get us back our summer   Summer in paradise   (Paradise)   Summer in paradise (paradise)      They chop down the forests   And in their haste leave a trail of destruction   And toxic waste is leavin' no one safe   In their home or their habitat   Can't let it go like that      Too much consumption and too much greed   When you consider all the people   That are livin' in need   Interdependence in this world is a natural fact   And we're all under attack      It's the eve of destruction or so they say   But mankind doesn't have to go that way   If we all get together we can make things right   And we can bring back summer      Get us back our summer   Summer in paradise   (Paradise)   Summer in paradise (paradise)   Summer in paradise (paradise)   Summer in paradise      Surfers recycle now don't you know   Like evryone from California to Kokomo   We're gonna keep on rockin'   And raisin' world consciousness   We gotta fix this mess      Looked in the future and what I saw   Was a world in harmony with natural law   There's trouble now but it will be alright if we can      Bring back summer   Get us back our summer   Summer in paradise      (Paradise)   Summer in paradise (paradise)   Summer in paradise (paradise)   Summer in paradise (paradise)   Summer in paradise      (Paradise)   Summer in paradise (paradise)   Summer in paradise      (Paradise)   Summer in paradise (paradise)   Summer in paradise      (Paradise)   Summer in paradise (paradise)   Summer in paradise