Wouldn't it be nice if we were older
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong
You know its gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together
Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through
Happy times together we've been spending
I wish that every kiss was neverending
Wouldn't it be nice
Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true
Baby then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do
We could be married
And then we'd be happy
Wouldn't it be nice
You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But lets talk about it
Wouldn't it be nice
初次聽到這首歌，是在《向陽處的她》這部電影裡。當時，女主正在影像店聽著CD，她雙手扶著耳機，幸福地笑著，閉著眼隨音樂晃動著。睜開眼，她看見了男主，這首歌便響起來了。她看向了男主，笑得非常的甜。然後在音樂中，他們開始「私奔」，一起逛家具店，一起布置小屋，男主和女主就像兩個幼稚的小朋友一樣，原來身邊有一個人的感覺是這麼不一樣。「如果我們老一些，那該會有多好，這樣我們就不用等這麼久」，每天早上都能一起睜開雙眼，每個晚上都能互道晚安。再次響起，是電影的最後。已經沒有了女主記憶的男主，若無其事地喝著啤酒，看著不遠處的同事們歡笑、吵鬧。忽然，酒吧裡突然響起了這首歌，屏幕中只有男主的背影，和漸漸拉近的手背上的眼淚。
Beach Boys用他們出色的和音，和勁健的歌嗓，在歡快的節拍中，將本該藏著憂傷的歌唱出了青年的健氣與陽光，哪怕最後的最後我們沒有在一起，我還是想和你說說我想像中我們的美好未來，因為只想盡情擁抱和你在一起的時光。這首歌就是有這樣的魔力，讓人聽了心裡暖洋洋甜滋滋的，像飄雪的聖誕夜，喜歡的人在聖誕樹下輕輕的一吻。
聽著這首歌，總會讓人想到這樣一幅畫面——模糊掉的霓虹燈，在眼前晃來晃去。圍著嚴實的圍巾，裹著厚厚的大衣，在雪中隨著節拍跳動，肆意和青春在心中雀躍。
「眾裡尋他千百度，驀然回首，那人卻在，燈火闌珊處。」