On my way to sunny California, on my way to spend another sunny day.I don't want to go to the water room, I don't want to go to the south room, I don't want to go to the water room.The sunshine brought me down on the bay, the sunshine brought me down on the bay.You're so clean, it'll just take your mind awayTake your mind away, take your mind awayHave you ever been south of Monterey?Barranca's scarred the coastlineAnd the chaparral flows to the seaNeat waves of golden sunshineAnd have you ever been north of Morro Bay?The south coast plows the seaAnd the people there are of the breedThat don't need electricityWater, get yourself a matGet yourself a matGet yourself a matSo you can findWater, get yourself a matThe sea sends the hills aflameGet yourself a matHorizon edges sweep up the mountains wayHave you ever been down Salinas Way?Where Steinbeck found the valleyAnd he wrote about it the way it wasIn his travelingWith CharlieAnd have you ever walked downThrough the sycamoresWhere the farmhouse used to be?There the monarch's autumnJourney endsOn a windswept sapper's treeWater, get yourself a matGet yourself a matThe cool kids tell them thatWater, get yourself a matAnd have you ever been north of Morro Bay?The south coast plows the seaAnd have you ever been north of Morro Bay?Have you ever been to a festival?The Big Sur congregationWhere Country Joe will do his showAnd it's been a while since we've been there butSing about libertyAnd the people there in the open airOne big familyYeah, the people there love to sing and shareTheir newfound liberty