Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash
California Sky


Apick an a shovel an axe and a gun
sweatin' like the guilty in the midday sun
out in Oklahoma where the hard winds blow
so I headed out West while I was still young

I crossed the Pederrales and the Rio Grande
When I reached the Colorado I drunk it down
I want to cool my soul in that blue blue sea
I want to see the Manzanita and the Joshua Tree

The stars shined bright
at night in the California sky

Down by the water and the Sycamore Trees
A California girl made a man outa me
Cool water runnin' is a beautiful sound
So I took her by the hand and laid some deep roots down
The Fox and the Cougar the Hank and the Bear
said we got plenty good land far ya'll out here
I come from Oklahoma when I was quite young
with an old playin' mule and my daddys gun

The stars shine bright
at night in the California sky