On my way to sunny Californ-i-a
On my way to spend another sunny day

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 it'll just take your mind away
(A- take your mind away, take your mind away)

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

Water, water
(Get yourself in that)
Cool cascades of clear, clear water
(Get yourself in that, get yourself in that water)
The sun dance final scene sets the hills ablaze
(Get yourself in that water)
Horizon edges quick up the mountain's way
(Up the mountain’s way, up the mountain’s way)

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's autumn journey ends on a windswept cyprus tree
Water, water
(Get, get yourself in that)
Get yourself in that cool, clear, water
(Get yourself in that, get yourself in that water)
The sun shines brightly down on Penny's place
(Get yourself in that water)
The air's so clean that it just takes your mind away
(Takes your mind away, takes your mind away)

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