A California Saga

On my way to sunny Californ-i-a

On my way to spend another sunny day

Have you ever been south of Monterey

Barrancas carve the coast line

And the chaparral flows to the sea

'Neath waves of golden sunshine

And have you ever been north of Morro Bay

The south coast plows the sea

And the people there are of the breed

They don't need electricity

(On my way)

Water, water

Get yourself in the cool, clear water

The sun shines brightly down on Penny's place

The sun shines brightly down on the bay

The air's so clean that it takes your mind away

Takes your mind away

Takes your mind away

Have you ever been down Salinas way

Where Steinbeck found the valley

And he wrote about it the way it was

In his travelin's with Charley

And have you ever walked down through the sycamores

Where the farmhouse used to be

There the monarch autumn journey ends

On a windswept cyprus tree

Water, water

Cool cascades of the cool, clear water

The sun dance final scene sets the hills ablaze

The sunshine sets the hills all ablaze

Horizon edges quick up the mountain's way

Up the mountain's way

Up the mountain's way

Now, have you ever been to a festival

The Big Sur congregation

Where Country Joe will do his show

And he'd sing about liberty

And the people there in the open air

Are one big family

Yeah, the people there love to sing and share

Their new found liberty