Lyrics to
California Man

This version of California Man was released by Cheap Trick in 1978.

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Goin’ to a party,
meet me on after school.
Well we’re goin to a place
where the jive is really cool.

And if the band stops a playin’
There’s a jukebox down the hall.
And with your blue dress on, your folks all gone.
You’re sure to give the guys a ball.

Get that real guitar boy shakin’,
I’m a California man,
Dance right on till the floors are breakin’
I’m a California man.

Well I rocked my mamma so bad
This a woman’s she’s a making me mad.
Well I don’t care if her legs start aching,
I’m a California man.

I’m a California man.

Oh my legs start to shiver
When I hear you call my name.
Well, my knees keep a knockin,
And my bow tie’s bustin’ out

When my feet start to fly,
An’ my jeans slung way down low.
You know I’m back on my heels and it’s making me feel
Like the king of rock n’ roll

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About Lyrics and California Man by Cheap Trick

The lyrics for California Man are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Cheap Trick. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to California Man have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for California Man - Cheap Trick and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to California Man by Cheap Trick in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to California Man" means the words set to the music of California Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cheap Trick. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to California Man and the lyrics to California Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cheap Trick who came here looking just for the lyrics to California Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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