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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Beach Boys
Performer
Mike Love
Vocals
Rob Fraboni
Remixer
Brian Wilson
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Al Jardine
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Carl Wilson
Producer
Al Jardine
Producer
Stephen Moffitt
Recording Engineer
Rob Fraboni
Studio Personnel
Ron McMaster
Mastering Engineer
Andrew Sandoval
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
On my way to sunny California
On my way to spend another sunny day
Water, water
Get yourself in the cool-clear-water
And then 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 (get yourself in that) of cool-clear-water (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 (get), water (get yourself in that)
Get yourself (get yourself in that) in that cool-clear-water (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, take your mind away)
Have you ever been to a festival
The Big Sur congregation?
Where Country Joe will do his show and he'll 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
Writer(s): Mike Love, Brian Wilson
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