[Verse 1]
Ain't no palm trees where I come from
No big waves crashing on the shore
No gridlock traffic
No movie stars none
In the part of California I come from

[Verse 2]
We got oil fields in the Central Valley
We got cowboys out in the Mojave
Salinas Valley
Yeah where I come from
We got farms far as the eye can see

[Chorus]
Now I got good friends out in Texas
And I got family in Tennessee
But this here country boy's from California
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Ain't no place I'd rather be

[Bridge]
From Paso Robles to the Owens Valley
From Mount Shasta on down the Salton Sea
It's where I been
This guitar
It's where I write these songs
Ain't no place that I'd rather be
[Chorus]
Well I got good friends out in Texas
And I got family in Tennessee
But this here country boy's from California
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Ain't no place I'd rather be

[Outro]
Ain't no palm trees
Ain't no movie stars
In the part of California I come from