we were sick and tired of buffalo tired of freezin and shovelin snow so we packed it up and moved out to the coast to find us a house in california somethin at the beach or hollywood three or four bedrooms sound real good don t have to have a pool or a veranda just a simple little house in california the banker said son what do you do i play guitar down at the rendevous he said boy you need to be a big time actor or a corporate lawyer if you want to buy a house in california cause it don t snow and it don t rain and every day looks the same but before you pack your things let me warn ya it s the land of milk and honey but you better have good money if you re lookin for a house in california well i got three jobs my wife s got two the kid s flippin burgers at the local drive through we re all doin everything we can we re savin for a house in california then one day things started shakin sky went dark and the earth was quakin then over night it became alarmin how the prices dropped on a house in california well it needs a roof and it needs a plumber yeah yeah its a real fixer upper friends back east said somebody shoulda warned ya but i finally got my house in california and it don t snow and it don t rain every day looks the same and before you pack your things let me warn ya it s the land of milk and honey but you better have good money if you re lookin for a house in california if you re lookin for a house in california well i finally got my house in california swimmin pool movie star 