CALIFORNIA SUN^©

Live 09 Nov 2007 version

He got tired of the Steinbrenners and all their ills
So he loaded up his truck and he moved to Beverly Hills
Swimming pools!
Movie stars!
Apocalyptic fires!

Well I'm going out west where I belong
Where the days are short and the nights are long
Oh they walk and I'll walk
They twist and I'll twist
They shimmy and I'll shimmy
They fly and I'll fly
They're out there a-having fun
In that warm California sun

I got a three-year contract, money's real good
I won't need no snow blower in my new neighborhood
They hit and we'll hit
They pitch and we'll pitch
They steal and we'll steal
They score and we'll score
They're out there a-having fun
In that warm California sun

That's right!
Uh huh!

I won't need no coat when I go to park
The stands will be filled with movie stars
We're going out where the palm trees are swayin'
Nobody gonna second-guess just who I'm playin'
Oh they walk and I'll walk
They twist and I'll twist
They shimmy and I'll shimmy
They fly and I'll fly
I'm out there a-having fun
In that warm California sun

That's right!
I'm goin' west!
Hey now!

I'm going where the living is hard and fast
And that big boss man can kiss my well
They walk, and I'll walk
They twist and I'll twist
They pitch and we'll pitch
They score and we'll score
I'm out there a-having fun
In that warm California sun

Oh, that's right, Joe!
I think I might just follow you right out there
I got me a nice big house in Beverly Hills
Maybe I'll get me some tickets on that first base line
Ah, let's go!

Page last updated: 06 Nov 2009

Bruce Springsteen played a half-hour acoustic set at the fifth annual Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation benefit that was held on 09 Nov 2007 at Chelsea Piers, New York City, NY. Saying that he had been a Yankee fan since he was a kid, Bruce played a riff on the Beverly Hillbillies theme THE BALLAD OF JED CLAMPETT about Torre heading for Beverly Hills and then, accompanied by Torre, went right into a take of CALIFORNIA SUN, with heavily modified lyrics also in honor of Torre. The above lyrics are for that live 09 Nov 2007 performance.

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake from BTX and Greasy Lake) for transcribing these lyrics.

List of available versions of CALIFORNIA SUN on this website:

• Live 23 Oct 1999 version
• Live 09 Nov 2007 version
• Original The Rivieras version