Beach Boys - California Lyrics
On my way to sunny CaliforniaOn my way to spend another sunny dayWater, water get yourself in the cool, clear, waterThe sun shines brightly down on Penny's placeThe sun shines brightly down on the bayThe air's so clean it'll just take your mind awayTake your mind awayTake your mind awayHave you ever been south of MontereyBarrancas carve the coast line and the chaparral flows to the sea'Neath waves of golden sunshineAnd have you ever been north of Morro BayThe south coast plows the seaAnd the people there are of the breedThey don't need electricityWater, water, cool cascades of clear, clear waterThe sun dance final scene sets the hills ablaze.Horizon edges quick up the mountain's way.Have you ever been down Salinas way?Where Steinbeck found the valleyAnd he wrote about it the way it was in his travelin's with CharleyAnd have you ever walked down through the sycamoresWhere the farmhouse used to beThere the monarch's autumn journey endsOn a windswept cyprus treeWater getwater get yourself in thatGet yourself in that get yourself in that cool, clear, waterThe sun shines brightly down on Penny's placeGet yourself in that waterThe air's so clean that it just takes your mind awayTake your mind awayTake your mind awayHave you ever been to a festival, the Big Sur congregation?Where Country Joe will do his showAnd he'd sing about libertyAnd the people there in the open air, one big family.Yeah the people there love to sing and shareTheir new found liberty
