Heaven may be an answer
If you’re lookin’ for Eden in the sky
On your waters I see a strange reflection
Rumor has it I’ll see you when I die

Everyone I meet is from California
There’s dancin’ in the streets in California

In California you watch the shadow dancer
Floating gently, gently on the sea
In California you’re such a strange romancer
Come and see me when the world has set you free

Everyone I meet is from California
There’s dancin’ in the streets in California

Everyone I meet is from California
There’s dancin’ in the streets in California

I first saw my baby on the Subway train
on my way home from a cue in White Plains
A pretty young thing, brown eyes and skin clean
with the poise of a queen though she was only 15
And I was 16, my mind was in a swirl,
and by the looks of this girl
I was a peasant
who did not have a chance or a prayer in the world
Just another nigga with them rasta curls
so she on the train did avoid me
Sick to her brain assumin’ I would most likely be
a hustler, I said fuck it, she could never like me
or much less love
I knew she was special, never all of the above
And then I closed my eyes to envision me and her as one
on a California beach in the sun
When I opened my eyes, yo, the train ride was done
I glanced her way, only to receive nothing in return
knowing that one day I would earn
a chance with this woman trapped in a teen’s body
I would play America, you could be John Gotti, I’m sayin…

[You’re My Lady]
California, California
You remind me, You remind me
[You’re My Lady]
California, Califonia
You remind me, You remind me

A whole year went by without seeing her once
It seemed that every day was as long as a month
And now it seemed days eternally
It’s she I want, but also to be an MC is what I wanted
To earn a dollar, every other girl seemed sour
The only thing I pictured in my mind
was my California sunshine
I told my niggas in time, that girl would be mine
They called me crazy, assumin’ that I was mad lazy
and lacked the monetary
assets, plus my style was not sanitary
Cuz everybody knew she was fly with fitness
being witness to her once a year was cool
fuck Christmas
When I brought it up my niggas dismissed
ignoring the mockery
I kept it locked in my mind tightly
California you remind me
Yo, I didn’t have my niggas behind me
but then, you were taken anyway
forcing me to postpone plan A
Cali-forn-i-ay…

Chorus

>From a distance
Analyzed my prey with persistence
comin’ up with a system
it was straight, a phone call around eight
conversate for a while to find
the whole time it was a mutual attraction
and that news was old
I’m in bliss apparently she was watchin’ me
and expected we to probably be
As coherent as the East Coast
and West Coast be
A B-Boy’s dream, the serene
yin to my yang that was ragin’
I was amazed
this was all happenin’ before a nigga got paid
And after the storm cleared from his parade
Now, there ain’t such a thing as stress
She got my back, and with that
I know how it’s blessed
A nigga who figured that the search wouldn’t start
for another few years I would just stay apart
In love with the Triple X, Heiny and Hennessy
but now you remind me, California memory…

Chorus

A?roport, a?rogare
Mais pour tout l’or m’en aller
C’est le blues, l’coup d’cafard
Le check out assur?
Vienne la nuit et sonne l’heure
Et moi je meurs
Entre apathie et pesanteur
O? je demeure
Changer d’optique, prendre l’exit
Et m’envoyer en Am?rique
Sex appeal, c’est Sunset
C’est Marlboro qui me sourit
Mon amour, mon moi, je
Sais qu’il existe
La chaleur de l’abandon
C’est comme une symphonie

C’est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau j’ai L.A. en overdose
So sexy le spleen d’un road movie
Dans l’r?tro ma vie qui s’anamorphose

J’ai plus d’I.D., mais bien l’id?e
De me payer le freeway
C’est l’osmose, on the road
De l’asphalte sous les pieds
Vienne la nuit, c’est le jet lag
Qui me d?cale
L.A.P.D. me donne un bl?me
C’est pas le drame
Se faire un trip, s’offrir un streap
Sous le soleil en plein midi
Six a.m., j’suis offset
J’suis l’ice dans l’eau, j’suis m?lo, dis
Mon amour mon Wesson
Mon artifice
La chaleur du canon
C’est comme une symphonie

C’est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau j’ai L.A. en overdose
So sexy le spleen d’un road movie
Dans l’r?tro ma vie qui s’anamorphose

On a lonely day I look out on the freeway
I can fantasize about the car I drive
I Don’t need the light on I can find my way
It’s been so long now I have to say

Chorus:
I’m going to California
I’m gonna live the life
Sipping on tequilla
Night after night
Dreaming of the moment
When everything looks right
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight

I’m on my way heading for the sun
That’s where I’ll stay I’m never going back home
Do you ever feel like you need a change?
Hang out where no one knows your name

Chorus:
I’m going to California
I’m gonna live the life
Sipping on tequilla
Night after night
Dreaming of the moment
When everything looks right
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight

Would you like to meet me there?
We’ll be dancing on the sand
These days will never end
No they’ll go on and on and on
On a lonely day I look out on the freeway
I can fantasize about the car I drive
I Don’t need the light on I can find my way
It’s been so long now I have to say
It’s been so long now I have to say

Chorus: (X2)
I’m going to California
I’m gonna live the life
Sipping on tequilla
Night after night
Dreaming of the moment
When everything looks right
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight

A little bit of love, A little bit of love
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight
Oh yeah on my way

We’ve been on the run
Driving in the sun
Looking out for number one
California, here we come
Right back where we started from

Well husses grab your guns
Your shadow weighs a ton
We’re driving down to one-o-one
California, here we come
Right back where we started from

California…
Here we come

On the stereo
Listen as we go
Nothing’s gonna stop me now
California, here we come
Right back where we started from

The pedal to the floor
Thinking of you more
Gotta get us to the show
California, here we come
Right back where we started from

California…
Here we come
California, California…
Here we come
Ooo…

California, California…
Here we come
California, California…
Here we come
California, California…
Here we come
California, California…
Here we come

[Verse 1]
Starin out my window at you
Gettin by aint the same without you
And I aint the same without you
Can’t even do my thing without you
So Long
To the one I Love
And I remember how it was
I wish I could be back there cuz
I wanna be back where I can…

[Chorus]
Take the top off the ride
We can cruise around
Listen to the sound as the sun goes down
And there’s a party goin on every corner
Thatz why i gotta be in California
We can take the top off the ride
And hit the shore
We can hit sunset
We can hit the stores
And there’s a party goin on every corner
Thatz why i gotta be in California

[Verse 2]
Starin out my window at you
Gettin by aint the same without you
But life aint the same without you
Cuz I know that it will be too long
Before I see you
Tears from my eyes cry too
Tears from my eyes cry too
I love it when the breeze comes through
So as soon as I get back I’m gonna…

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Top of the ride
We can cruise around
Listen to the sounds till the sun goes down
And there’s a party goin on every corner
Thatz why i gotta be in California Baby
Top off the ride
And hit the shore
We can hit sunset
There aint no better sunset

[Rap]
We in the city with the cadillacs
The chevolets
And it be sunny every day
It never rains
And we be in ’em Drop Top
Wit Hop Hop
Gettin 3 wheels lookin for the spots
With them mamis in the party pants
And cornrows
Thatz anywhere from Crenshaw to Melrose
We ridin down sunset
Long as i got a blunt left
If you can smell you can tell
I’m from the west

[Chorus]
[Bridge]

Working all day And the sun don’t shine
Trying to get by And I’m just killing time
I feel the rain Fall the whole night through
Far away from you California Blue

California Blue Dreaming all alone
Nothing else to do California Blue
Everyday I pray I’ll be on my way
Saving love for you California Blue

One sunny day, I’ll get back again
Somehow, someway But I don’t know when
California Blue California Blue

Living my life With you on my mind
Thinking of things That I left far behind
It’s been so long Doing all I can do
To get back to you California Blue

California Blue Dreaming all alone
Nothing else to do California Blue
Everyday I pray I’ll be on my way
Saving love for you California Blue

One sunny day I’ll get back again
Somehow, someway But I don’t know when
California Blue California Blue

Still missing you California Blue
Still missing you California Blue
Still missing you California Blue

If everybody in the U.S.A
Could come with us to Californ-i-a
We could take ’em to a place out west
Where the good sun shines everyday

Now there’s a touch o’ Californ-i-a
In everyone who’s ever been this way
And when your telephone begins to ring
And the operator comes on the line

California callin’
I’ll be there right away
There’s some beautiful women
Gonna find me one
To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

Now I’ve joined the surfin’ nation and so
I’ll take a permanent vacation and go
To the golden shores of ‘Frisco Bay
I’ll ride ’em all the way to Malibu

And I’ll take ya’ boogie boardin’ with me
‘Cause when we’re surfin’ it’s so great to be free
And when you’re on a California beach
You might even find ’em windsurfin’ too

California callin’
I’ll be there right away
There’s some beautiful women
Gonna find me one
To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

In the fifties it was “Hey Daddy O”
Then came the surfers and the Hodads ya’ know
We had our woodies and our custom cars
And when we drove around we knew we were bad

My baby listens to my car radio
And when we’re cruisin’ lets the whole world know
And when our favorite surfin’ song comes on
We always let ’em know it’s “Totally Rad!”

California callin’
I’ll be there right away
There’s some beautiful women
Gonna find me one
To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

California callin’
She’s still on the line
There’s a beautiful woman
Gonna show me how
To ride ’em at the county line

California callin’
I’ll be there right away
There’s some beautiful women
Gonna find me one
To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I’ve been for a walk
On a winter’s day
I’d be safe and warm
If I was in L.A.

California dreaming
On such a winter’s day

Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees
And I pretend to pray
You know the preacher likes the cold
He knows I’m gonna stay

California dreaming
On such a winter’s day

All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I’ve been for a walk
On a winter’s day
If I didn’t tell her
I could leave today

California dreaming
On such a winter’s day
On such a winter’s day
On such a winter’s day

Brian Wilson
Well East coast girls are hip
I really dig those styles they wear
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I’m down there

The Mid-West farmer’s daughters really make you feel alright
And the Northern girls with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends warm at night

I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

The West coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a french bikini on Hawaii island
Dolls by a palm tree in the sand

I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn’t wait to get back in the states
Back to the cutest girls in the world

I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)