Out in California They think they're really cool You know they lie around on blankets At the beach and swimming pool And just as soon as they inspect their tan lines They got a billion other things to do
Out in California They're better than we are They get no questions from their parents They got no ceilings on their cars And when they're finished waxing down their surfboards They go out riding in their GTOs
Chorus Out there -- the sun is shining bright Out there -- the people laugh all night Out there -- you know it ain't no place for me Out in California, out in California
Out in California There are bikinis everywhere They live in mansions with a mortgage And they go well with yellow hair And you can see them hanging out with blue jeans Cruising up and down the Sunset Strip
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Out in California Where all the movie starlets die They leave their homes in Minnesota You know they make their mommas cry And if they're feeling sort of self-destructive Then they can take a trip to Disneyland