man on the corner said son won t you choose the life that you re living or this pair of travelling shoes well there s a place called california and the road there is free so it s off to california for me the bus is always stopping and the train moves too slow so i m hitchhiking my way to the california coast well i m leaving my woman hell i m leaving all three but there s more in california for me well i got a passion for a place i never saw with its wide open spaces but no space to have a law well the first thing that i m a doing is i m a cutting down a tree to make some space in california for me so boys can t you hear me i m new here and it s fair to show a fella around the town to get accustomed to the air well i ve got jokes just for gentlemen as long as drinks are free in the first night in california for me well i ll be damned if there s no empty land unless i pay more than what i d ever have if i kept all i d saved well i won t be searching for california more a place like california just ain t got no room for the poor but a judging man i ve never been and never will i be a man of california so long to california no more california for me