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