Give me palm trees, surfing, shorts And sandals, too A bungalow, Spanish tiles And an ocean view When California goes under We'll be there too Hand in hand, a summer tan My girl from Japan Venice Beach never shocked you Hollywood never got to you The smog never stopped you Beverly Hills never mocked you There's nothing we can't do And yet there's nothing to do But dig trenches in the sand And blame the government again Give me palm trees, surfing, shorts And sandals, too A bungalow, Spanish tiles And an ocean view When California goes under We'll be there too Hand in hand, a summer tan My girl from Japan