Took off in San Francisco Hitching up 101 Ended up on a flat bed Chevy Breaking at the setting sun Slept all night in a (coal hole?) Thought I'd nearly freeze alive 'Cause all I had was a US blanket Dated 1945 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 had locked my base?) (Maybe) ... (for Utah?) ... the human race And if I live to be 100 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 ... (out of?) nowhere Somewhere west of everybody else I'm ... (out of?) nowhere Somewhere west of everybody else