Hodad made the scene

Totin' a six-pack of cold cola

A stogie smokin' in hand

A groovin' in his sandals



California's on my mind

Surf and sand setting in the sun

California's on my mind

One day you're gonna be

A place in our memory



When Woody hit the dunes

Flying foxtails and Old Glory

Rubber ripped the sand

He gunned a souped-down Stingray



Ah, California

She's in Mythical Malibu

Sitting on the ocean

Goodbye Mythical Malibu

The San Andreas Mifortune

Will claim the lives of sons and wives

The headlines will fill page after page



California's on my mind

Surf and sand setting in the sun

In the sun, in the sun

In the setting sun



One day you're gonna be one sweet memory

Oh yeah, California

Swinging on the beach

To the sounds of their time

Yeah, yeah, yeah