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CALIFORNIA SUN 
Live 23 Oct 1999 version
[exit LIGHT OF DAY]
Well I'm a-going out west where I belong
Where the days are short and the nights are long
Well they walk and I'll walk
They twist and I'll twist
They shimmy and I'll shimmy
They get plastic surgery, I'll get plastic surgery
We're out there a-having fun
In that warm California sun
We're out there a-having fun
In that warm California sun
[reenter LIGHT OF DAY]
Page last updated: 06 Nov 2009
Intro
Credited to Henry Glover and Morris Levy, CALIFORNIA SUN is best known as a The
Rivieras song. Check out the original The Rivieras version
for more details.
Live History
Bruce Springsteen performed CALIFORNIA SUN (or snippets of it) a few times in his
career. As far as it's known, the first time was during the 26 Oct 1984 Born In The USA
Tour show at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. It was part of the Bruce Springsteen & The E
Street Band encores staple DETROIT MEDLEY.
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CALIFORNIA SUN reappeared during The Reunion Tour when a snippet of the
song was sometimes bridged in the middle of LIGHT OF DAY. This
was done a total of 4 times as far as it's known, all of them again in California. The
above lyrics are for the 23 Oct 1999 performance. In the CALIFORNIA SUN snippet, Springsteen made
a humorous reference to plastic surgery being fun in the "Californian sun".
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The song was played, in it's entire form for the first time, but heavily
modified, during the fifth annual Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation benefit that was held on 09
Nov 2007 at Chelsea Piers in New York City, NY. See the
live 09 Nov 2007 version for more details.
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The last know appearance of the CALIFORNIA SUN was during the Magic Tour
when a snippet was again bridged in the middle of LIGHT OF DAY
on 07 Apr 2008 at Honda Center, Anaheim, CA.
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Available Versions
List of available versions of CALIFORNIA SUN on this website:
Credits / References
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake from BTX and Greasy Lake) for transcribing
these lyrics. Much of the above info about the live history of the song is taken from
Brucebase and
Backstreets.
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