Well East coast girls are hip
I really dig those styles they wear
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I’m down there
The Mid-West farmer’s daughters really make you feel alright
And the Northern girls with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends warm at night
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls
The West coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a French bikini on Hawaii island
Dolls by a palm tree in the sand
I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn’t wait to get back in the states
Back to the cutest girls in the world
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls
I wish they all could be California
(girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wasn’t born in Calif., but I got there as quick as I could. I enlisted in the U S Navy in 1964 right after high school graduation, thinking I would go to San Diego for basic training. NO, I went to Great Lakes, Ill. Then to temporary duty on a radar picket ship out of Rhode Island, then to Radioman A School in Maryland! Finally, I went to a destroyer home ported in Long Beach! I was there for a few days and some weeks later I caught the ship in the Subic Bay, Philippines. Got back to Long Beach in Jan. 1966 and was there for 6 months, then back to West Pac. I moved to Torrance after I got out of the Navy in 1967. Got married in 1968 to a girl I met in 1966 on a blind date! We moved to Texas in 1979, but I will always remember the good things about the L A area, beach, etc during the late 60’s! The Beach Boys and other rock and roll songs will never grow old, like we who were there! I grew up in Nebraska-Kansas and always listened to great radio stations like KOMA in Oklahoma City, WLS in Chicago and KAAY in Little Rock, Arkansas. Those were the days, dreaming of California girls and all and I married one.
To the Beach Boys, Frankie Avalon, Annette and the rest of the great singers/actors of the 1960’s: like Bob Hope would say, “Thanks for the memories!”.