The song seems to be about innocent love and innocence in general. The key seems to be in the final two sections:
"You kids on the boardwalk
come back in
to the dry, choked up land"
These lines create the contrast that the singer wants to demonstrate... that between the "kids on the boardwalk" (the innocence that she describes in the first half of the song) and the "dry, choked up land." Adult 'love', for her, is a desert in comparison. She wants simple love back again, like she felt as a child.
The song seems to be about innocent love and innocence in general. The key seems to be in the final two sections:
"You kids on the boardwalk come back in to the dry, choked up land"
These lines create the contrast that the singer wants to demonstrate... that between the "kids on the boardwalk" (the innocence that she describes in the first half of the song) and the "dry, choked up land." Adult 'love', for her, is a desert in comparison. She wants simple love back again, like she felt as a child.