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California Sun

Released by Ramones in 1977
From the Album: Leave Home |

This version of California Sun was released by Ramones in 1977.

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Well I’m going out west where I belong
Where the days are short and the nights are long

And I’ll walk a little walk I’ll twist a little twist
I’ll shimmy a little shimmy I’ll fly a little fly
Yea we’re out there having fun in the warm California sun

Well, I’m going out west out on the coast
Where the California girls are really the most

Where they walk and I’ll walk They fish and I’ll fish
They sin and I’ll sin They fly and I’ll fly
Where they’re out there having fun in the warm California sun

Well, the girls are frisky in old ‘Frisco
A pretty little chick wherever you go

And they walk and I’ll walk They fish and I’ll fish
They sin and I’ll sin They fly and I’ll fly
Where they’re out there having fun in the warm California sun

We’re out there having fun, yeah, in the warm California sun


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The lyrics to California Sun are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Ramones used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to California Sun have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Ramones and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

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If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to California Sun by Ramones. 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 Sun" means the words set to the music of California Sun, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ramones. 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 Sun and the lyrics to California Sun are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ramones who came here looking just for the lyrics to California Sun, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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