California Saga (On My Way to Sunny Californ-i-a)

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