California woman 
Hanging heavy on my mind 
Never found another like her 
Guess she was just one of a kind 

She never wrapped no strings around me 
She could treat a man so fine 
I still see her golden hair 
And the California sunshine 

Mississippi rain falling on my head 
No California woman sleeping in my bed 
Makes me wanna move on, leave all this behind 
I need my California woman and the California sunshine 

Golden California beaches 
Knocking on a beach house door 
They say that California woman 
She don't live here anymore 

They say she left with a stranger 
Leaving nothing left behind 
She buried all my dreams here 
In the California sunshine 

Mississippi rain falling on my head 
No California woman sleeping in my bed 
Makes me wanna move on, leave all this behind 
I need my California woman and the California sunshine 
I need my California woman and the California sunshine