california calling

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"