California Sunshine

Life is short and I suspect

That this is a good as it gets

Last night I spent my last

two dollars on a pack of Menthol

cigarettes

Back home there's a rainbow

and there's a pot of gold just out of reach

Out there there's a goldmine

in empty cola cans lying on the beach

California Sunshine

gotta tell the world about it

California Sunshine

What a wasted life without it

All my troubles gone

Lying in the California Sun

Maybe I could sell some stuff

Maybe get enough to buy a rock

Maybe I could hook up with

some tripped out runaway girl

who like to talk

California Sunshine

I just can't say enough about it

California Sunshine

Can't imagine life without it

Everyting's more fun

Lying in the California Sun

Suddenly a cloud to small to rain

covers the sun like a curse

reminding me strangely of Brian Wilson's brain

as I reverently watch it disperse

California Sunshine

I wanna write my friends about it

California Sunshine

All their wasted lives without it

And I'm the lucky one

Lying in the California Sun

I'm the lucky one

Lying in the California Sun