Took off in San Francisco Hitching up 101 Ended up on a flat bed Chevy Breaking at the setting sun Slept all night in the cold, Lord Thought I'd nearly freeze alive 'Cause all I had was a US flag Dated nineteen forty-five On the California coastline Trying to have myself a good time On the California coastline Trying to have myself a good time Got loose from jail in three days Sheriff didn't like my face (Maybe I'll head) for Utah Flung off the human race And if I live to be a hundred Ain't never going back again Couldn't think of a colder place to visit (Or an easier place to sin) On the California coastline Trying to have myself a good time On the California coastline Trying to have myself a good time Off for the north of nowhere Somewhere west of everybody else I'm off for the north of nowhere Somewhere west of everybody else On the California coastline Trying to have myself a good time On the California coastline Trying to have myself a good time