I'm sick and tired of workin' I'll no more dig the praties As sure as me name is Carney I'll go off to CaliforniaCalifornia I'll no longer be a fool I'll be digging lumps of gold Where instead of diggin' praties And when I come back home again Goodbye, Muirshin

My Lucifer is lonely Hills burn in CaliforniaCalifornia My turn to ignore ya Don't say I didn't warn ya All the good girls go to hell 'Cause even God herself has enemies And once the water starts to rise And heaven's out of sight She'll want the devil on her team

Lost in CaliforniaCalifornia I just wanna burn, I just wanna burn for you baby Wanna get caught, get caught up in your summertime Whisper in my ear, dreamin' disappear, say you'll take me Where the world unwinds There's a long stretch of desert through the canyon

Spent my days with a woman unkind Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine. Made up my mind to make a new start Going To CaliforniaCalifornia with an aching in my heart. Someone told me there's a girl out there With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair. Took my

Watchin' that blonde hair swing To every song I'd sing You were CaliforniaCalifornia beautiful I was playin' everything but cool I can still hear that sound Of every wave crashin' down Like the tears we cried That day we had to leave It was everything we wanted it

Hello America, hello America Yeah, I'm gonna try Hollywood and San Pedro Bay I'm gonna give my love to you Well I'm takin' me a trip I'm going down to CaliforniaCalifornia I'll tell ya what I'm gonna do I'm gonna take you where the lights are bright I'm gonna give

Breathe for a minute My dreams are made of gold Breathe for a minute breathe for a minute I'll be okay CaliforniaCalifornia, don't let me down Seas of golden But there's trouble all around He once was a waiter now he's a singer Making money on the street

The snow back home ain't the only thing still falling I still remember how I used to warm you If you're cold in CaliforniaCalifornia (CaliforniaCalifornia) If you're feeling cold in CaliforniaCalifornia Those L.A. stars just don't shine bright enough for you Wouldn't hold you back

In CaliforniaCalifornia, we're dreaming We never sleep I'm no shooting star Just a burning heart Running through the dark Broken boulevards Like a sinkhole What does it show? In CaliforniaCalifornia

Cause that's how CaliforniaCalifornia rolls I'm talkin' 'bout me and you Baby you could be a movie star, hey (in Los Angeles) Get yourself a medical card, yea (in Los Angeles) They do the fingers like red fox (in Los Angeles) You can make it on a light blue box,