[Verse 1: Mike Love & Al Jardine]
If everybody in the U.S.A
Could come with us to Californ-i-a
We could take them to a place out west
Where the good sun shines everyday
Now there's a touch of Californ-i-a
In everyone who's ever been this way
And when your telephone begins to ring
And the operator comes on the line

[Chorus: Al Jardine & Mike Love]
California's calling (California's calling a-ring-ding-ding)
I'll be there right away (Calling a-ring-ding-ding)
There's some beautiful women
Going to find me one
To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

[Verse 2: Mike Love & Al Jardine]
Now I've joined the surfing nation and so
I'll take a permanent vacation and go
To the golden shores of 'Frisco Bay
I'll ride them all the way to Malibu
And I'll take you boogie boarding with me
Because when we're surfing it's so great to be free
And when you're on a California beach
You might even find them windsurfing too
[Chorus: Al Jardine, Mike Love & Brian Wilson]
California's calling (California's calling a-ring-ding-ding)
(California calling)
I'll be there right away (Calling a-ring-ding-ding)
(California calling)
There's some beautiful women
Going to find me one
To show me how to ride the ultimate wave

[Verse 3: Mike Love & Al Jardine]
In the fifties it was "Hey Daddy O"
Then came the surfers and the Hodads you know
We had our woodies and our custom cars
And when we drove around we knew we were bad
My baby listens to my car radio
And when we're cruising lets the whole world know
And when our favorite surfing song comes on
We always let them know it's "Totally Rad!"

[Chorus: Al Jardine, Mike Love & Brian Wilson]
California's calling (California's calling a-ring-ding-ding)
(California calling)
I'll be there right away (Calling a-ring-ding-ding)
(California calling)
There's some beautiful women
Going to find me one
To show me how to ride the ultimate wave
[Chorus: Al Jardine, Mike Love & Brian Wilson]
California calling (California's calling a-ring-ding-ding)
(California calling)
She's still on the line (Calling a-ring-ding-ding)
(California calling)
There's a beautiful woman
Going to show me how
To ride them at the county line

[Outro: Al Jardine, Mike Love, and Brian Wilson]
California's calling (California's calling a-ring-ding-ding)
(California calling)
I'll be there right away (Calling a-ring-ding-ding)
(California calling)
There's some beatiful women
Going to find me one
To how me how to ride the ultimate wave