The way this song speaks to me🥺🥺when I sing it I feel like I relate
I'm not falling for anymore of these tricks
I'm so tired of everything here
The sun is calling me to the west
Everyone's having fun out there
My bags are packed
And I'm lookin' out the window
Everything is so outdated here
I want to move west to where the sun is shining
I want my friends to all be there
Let's pack up and move to California
She's got lots of friends out there
We'd never get bored 'cause we can go boarding
Let's let the sunshine take us there
I'm tired of taking it slow
So tired but I'm not sleeping
I'm wired about to pick up my board
Cause we're all heading out for the weekend
Let's pack up and move to California
Hop on board before we get older
Raise your hands and shout for California
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
Let's pack up and move to California
She's got lots of friends out there
We'd never get bored 'cause we can go boarding
Let's let the sunshine take us there
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
Let's pack up and move to California
She's got lots of friends out there
We'd never get bored 'cause we can go boarding
Let's let the sunshine take us there
Let's pack up and move to California
She's got lots of friends out there
We'd never get bored 'cause we can go boarding
Let's let the sunshine take us there
Let's pack up and move to California
Hop on board before we get older
Raise your hands we're heading for the border
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
I'm so tired of everything here
The sun is calling me to the west
Everyone's having fun out there
My bags are packed
And I'm lookin' out the window
Everything is so outdated here
I want to move west to where the sun is shining
I want my friends to all be there
Let's pack up and move to California
She's got lots of friends out there
We'd never get bored 'cause we can go boarding
Let's let the sunshine take us there
I'm tired of taking it slow
So tired but I'm not sleeping
I'm wired about to pick up my board
Cause we're all heading out for the weekend
Let's pack up and move to California
Hop on board before we get older
Raise your hands and shout for California
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
Let's pack up and move to California
She's got lots of friends out there
We'd never get bored 'cause we can go boarding
Let's let the sunshine take us there
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
Let's pack up and move to California
She's got lots of friends out there
We'd never get bored 'cause we can go boarding
Let's let the sunshine take us there
Let's pack up and move to California
She's got lots of friends out there
We'd never get bored 'cause we can go boarding
Let's let the sunshine take us there
Let's pack up and move to California
Hop on board before we get older
Raise your hands we're heading for the border
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
Lyrics submitted by copywrittenjunkie
California Lyrics as written by David Lee Clark Daniel Biro
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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