I'm gonna shake, I'm gonna shimmy, too
I'm gonna shake, I'm gonna really move
I'm gonna ride my skateboard all the way
I really dig your beaches
And the girls they're all peaches
Yeah, Black's Beach is such a cool break, too

I don't know why
I'm living this way
Must have Coppertone on my brain

It's really fun out in the sun
I fight the mob out in the smog
But you can keep ol' Californ-i-a
When you fall into the sea
Don't you look for me
I'll be in Boston, hey hey hey

I guess I'm not hip
To your kind of trip
Your tans don't mean shit to me

So goodbye California
It's really been nice
Goodbye California
Goodbye California, wake up or die
[Solo]

I'm going back home
To see the Ramones
Get your ass off the phone
Let's go

So goodbye California
It's really been nice
Goodbye California
Goodbye California, wake up or die
[x2]

Wake up or die [x3]