[Verse 1]

Salt on my skin

Sand in my shoes

Car keys rattling

In a plastic pool-blue cup

Sunburnt dashboard

Sticker peeling off

We got twenty in gas

And the whole coast to get lost

[Chorus]

We’re the Malibu kings

Paper crowns and busted springs

Riding rusted little dreams

Till they fall apart

We’re the Malibu kings

Cheap shades

Diamond seas

If it’s all pretend

Then please

Don’t wake my heart

Don’t wake my heart

[Verse 2]

Backseat mattress

Threadbare sheet

Your laugh spilling

All over the passenger seat

Drive-thru cola

Ice on my tongue

You draw halos

On the fogged-up window glass

[Chorus]

We’re the Malibu kings

Paper crowns and busted springs

Riding rusted little dreams

Till they fall apart

We’re the Malibu kings

Cheap shades

Diamond seas

If it’s all pretend

Then please

Don’t wake my heart

Don’t wake my heart

[Bridge]

Will we still be here

When the summer’s gone

When the nights come quick

And the days feel long

If the tide pulls out

Everything we’ve done

I’ll still taste this

On the tip of my tongue (oh-oh)

[Chorus]

We’re the Malibu kings

Paper crowns and busted springs

Riding rusted little dreams

Till they fall apart

We’re the Malibu kings

Cheap shades

Diamond seas

If it’s all pretend

Then please

Don’t wake my heart

We’re the Malibu kings

Passenger seat tattoos

Every mile another bruise

On my restless heart

We’re the Malibu kings

Laughing like we own the blue

If this is all I get with you

It’s still enough

It’s still enough