Well I got your late night call
You're in the center of it all
You're having a ball
And you're really doing fine
A west coast time
And I believe you

But here's one for the coast
And the people with the most
The pretty pretty folks
The west coast folks

And here we go again Its never gonna end
We're all so sick of California Songs
Yeah, We know you love L.A.
There's nothing left to say
Please no more California Songs
And Fuck New York too

Yeah your heaven is a lie
Just more shit that I don't buy
And they're heading for the coast
They're moving out in droves
Sending back reports on the radio
With the messages the same
It's gettin' pretty lame
California dreaming's on the radio

And here we go again It's never gonna end
We're all so sick of California Songs
Yeah, We know you love L.A.
But there's nothing left to say
Please no more California Songs
And Fuck New York too


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California Songs Lyrics as written by David Scott Lucas Brian St. Clair

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    Please no more California songs! Damn does Scott sing it. I am so freakin' sick of California, the songs, the tv shows and the crappy ppl who move to the midwest then complain about the cold. Go back to Cali and whine about it there. Keep it real Scott.

    scarletxxxon April 22, 2004   Link
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    this is a really good song and so true... no offense to the people that live in california or new york but i am so damn tired of hearing about those two places! great song.

    standardlines11on May 11, 2004   Link
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    This song is just hillarious, but you can really tell that these two guys are really annoyed by "California" culture. Hey it was worst in the 80's...peace

    Gaeasoldieron June 04, 2004   Link
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    finally! somone had the balls to tell off stupid people who continue to sing about california! the midwest is finally getting some credit well earned.

    northerntanon June 07, 2004   Link
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    this song is awesome! its the battle cry of the midwest. i live in missouri, how many songs can you name right off the bat about missouri? okay now how about california? California is just one big sterotype these days, new york too. And by the way LA is just one huge black hole of everything thats wrong with the world.

    ericaamericaon January 15, 2005   Link
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    everyone here says its the "battle cry of the midwest" well how do you know its no the "battle cry" of new england i mean people here are so sick of hearing about california and we espically hate new york considering they have the yankees regardless it is an amazing song but im moving to california this october so i guess thats sort of hipocritical

    Immyantidrugon June 04, 2005   Link
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    i say this is a battle cry for the entire contry beside cali and new york. its kind of like a punk song by a band i forget the name of about england songs

    fatkid1041on February 02, 2006   Link
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    Its not a battle cry for the midwest. He's just saying california sucks as much as anywhere else. Think about it. Whats going on in california that isnt happening somewhere else. Theres nothing extrodanary happening there its just a place to live. And so he's tired of hearing how great it is if it really just sucks.

    sliznuton June 04, 2006   Link
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    Its not a battle cry for the midwest. He's just saying california sucks as much as anywhere else. Think about it. Whats going on in california that isnt happening somewhere else. Theres nothing extrodanary happening there its just a place to live. And so he's tired of hearing how great it is if it really just sucks.

    sliznuton June 04, 2006   Link
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    well local h r from antioch,illinois.

    flaminmofoon August 24, 2006   Link

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