Well, East coast girls are hip
I really dig those styles they wear
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I'm down there

The Midwest farmer's daughters really make you feel alright
And the Northern girls with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends warm at night

I wish they all could be California (girls)
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

The West coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a French bikini on Hawaiian island
Dolls by a palm tree in the sand

I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the States
Back to the cutest girls in the world

I wish they all could be California (girls)
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

I wish they all could be California girls
(Girls, girls, girls, yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California girls
(Girls, girls, girls, yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California girls
(Girls, girls, girls, yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California girls
(Girls, girls, girls, yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California girls
(Girls, girls, girls, yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California girls
(Girls, girls, girls, yeah I dig the)


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California Girls Lyrics as written by Michael Edward Love Brian Douglas Wilson

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  • +2
    General Comment

    He's not saying California girls are the hottest - he's saying all the girls all over America are hot, and he wishes they all lived in California.

    oballon September 06, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    He's saying both: California - and it's girls - are what he likes the best because of what the 2nd verse says, but he's seen so many other hot girls all over the US he wishes they were in California too where he is (what guy in his position wouldn't). Certainly one of the "best of the best" for the Beach Boys (and rock-n-roll). The slow, layered intro is fantastic genius, and is electric to anyone who's heard it before.

    The Swing Kingon December 20, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    If Mike was speaking from the heart he soon changed his mind. He developed a taste for darker ladies (especially Japanese0 rather than the Beach Blondes favoured by his rival Dennis Wilson.

    49ersphilon July 08, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    At first I thought the lyrics were talking about California girls being the best, but they really aren't.

    lookingxglasson June 17, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    im robert smith!

    Bertxxon October 02, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    The song in my view is sexist and objectifies women, and is among 10 other BB songs I will NEVER listen to as they bring back traumas from my past which are too harrowing to talk about.

    ms10865394on June 15, 2022   Link
  • 0
    Song Comparison

    I have heard the parody version of this song by Apologetix, their version is based on 1 KIngs 11 its less upsetting, and not at all sexist in any way ( unlike the beach Boys version) because it has a message ( whereas the beach Boys' clearly does not).

    anon109880on June 24, 2022   Link
  • -1
    General Comment

    This song rocks, screw all you people who don't leave notes.

    Insane_Jon September 13, 2002   Link
  • -1
    General Comment

    I know, it's a good track, isn't it? I would have left a note beforehand, but it kinda never occured to me. It's certainly one of my favourite Beach Boys tracks ever.

    Bobo192on September 22, 2002   Link
  • -1
    General Comment

    I saw ontelevision once, an interview with Brian Wilson about this song. He said that he absolutely loved David Lee Roth's cover of this song. hehehe. Especially the parts where he'd yell, "I love girls." That always made me laugh

    ChaosFluro24on October 06, 2002   Link

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