Someone knockin’ sliding paper doors And you nod in beautiful kimono Got my heartbeat fly away to Seoul I love you! Oh, lord! Why were we raised up in Faraway other lands? Never met a girl like you before Made up my mind honeymoon to Kyoto There I cut my hair into the bald Hold on, girl! Oh, lord! Why were we raised up in Faraway other lands? Sailing high with the Japanese girl CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’, NEVERMIND Sailing high with the Japanese girl California dreamin’ never across the world Let your father try to understand Say you love me Let your mother Never make you say Sayonara Say you love me Sayonara Sailing high with the Japanese girl CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’, NEVERMIND Sailing high with the Japanese girl CALIFORNIA GIRLS can never die Fall in love with the Japanese girl CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’, NEVERMIND Fall in love with the Japanese girl California dreamin’ never across the earth