I’m California Bound Lyrics > Some Like It Hot

[SOCIETY SYNCOPATORS, spoken]
Sue, may I check another bag?
Is the dining car open all night?
Sue—

[SWEET SUE, spoken]
Ladies, ladies, ladies!

(sung)
Ladies, listen to me
For in Sue you must trust
Tell the past, "See ya later, alligators!"
'Cause our future is now
It's California or bust, for

[SOCIETY SYNCOPATORS]
Sweet Sue!

[SWEET SUE]
And her Society Syncopators

(spoken)
California, here we come!

[MINNIE]
Tell the cats in my alley to find a new dish
I'm California-bound!

[GINGER]
Tell my trumpet-hatin' neighbors they're getting their wish
I'm California-bound!

[DEVON]
Too-da-loo to the loop

[VIVIAN]
And ta-ta to my coat

[DEVON]
There'll be no more runny noses

[VIVIAN]
Au revoir to strep-throat

[SWEET SUE]
Tell the winds of old Lake Michigan
They've blown their last note

[SWEET SUE & SOCIETY SYNCOPATORS]
I'm California-bound!

[JERRY, spoken]
This is never gonna work
[JOE, spoken]
This is just to get us out of town
No one's askin' you to have a baby!

[JERRY, spoken]
There they are, oh god
This is crazy, Joe!

[JOE, spoken]
Not Joe, Josephine!
You wanna live? Get into character, Geraldine!

[JERRY, spoken]
Maybe this will all blow over in a day or two

[NEWSBOY, spoken]
Extra! Extra! Two witnesses hunted after gangland killing!

[JERRY, spoken]
We got a train to catch
Girl, move them legs!

(singing)
I feel naked, like everybody's staring at me

[ALL]
We're California-bound!
[JOE]
No one's staring at you
But ooh, I like what I see!

[ALL]
We're California-bound!

[JOE]
Take a look at these dames
Every one is a pearl
Do you think if I asked nicely
One would give me a whirl?

[JERRY]
Man, you best just keep repeating, "I'm a girl"

[JOE & JERRY]
"I'm a girl!"

[ALL]
We're California-bound!

[JOE (as Josephine), spoken]
Young man, we need to check one saxophone and one upright bass, please

[SWEET SUE, spoken]
Excuse me, ladies!
I'm Sweet Sue, and these are my Society Syncopators!

[JOE (as Josephine), spoken]
Charmed, I'm sure
I'm Josephine and this is—

[DAPHNE, spoken]
I'm Daphne!

[JOE (as Josephine), spoken]
Daphne?

[DAPHNE, spoken]
Yes!

[JOE (as Josephine), spoken]
She's Daphne!

[SWEET SUE, spoken]
You're interesting women!
I admire how you've chosen to express yourselves through perfume

[MINNIE, spoken]
So, where are you gals off to with that sax and upright bass?

[JOE (as Josephine), spoken]
Oh, we're just heading back for our second semester at the Sheboygan Conservatory of Music

[SWEET SUE, spoken]
Wait, Sheboygan! I'm offering you twenty bucks a week right here, right now, to join my all-girl band!

[DAPHNE, spoken]
Make it twenty-five, and we bunk together

[SWEET SUE, spoken]
Done!
What are the odds that we'd find the exact right instruments
At the exact right time, in the exact right place?

[JOE (as Josephine), spoken]
Sometimes it's best not to overthink these things
Tally-ho!

[SWEET SUE]
Ladies, meet the new girls who'll be adding some class

[JOE (as Josephine) & DAPHNE]
No, really, au contraire, it's you that's saving our ass!

[JOE (as Josephine)]
I'm Josephine on sax

[DAPHNE]
And girls, I'm Daphne on bass!

[SWEET SUE]
But dammit, someone's missing
Let me cut to the chase
Well, I told her no booze
And I told her no men
And I have told her she must be on time, again and again
So I am royally pissed we have to wait by this train
For the always-tardy party known as Sugar Cane!

(spoken)
Glad you could join us, Sugar

[SUGAR, spoken]
Cut me some slack, Sue
This is the earliest I've ever been late!

[TRAIN CONDUCTOR]
Hey ladies, all aboard!

[TRAIN CONDUCTOR & 2 PORTERS]
Hey ladies, all aboard!

[ALL PORTERS]
Hey ladies, all aboard!

[TRAIN CONDUCTOR & PORTERS]
Whether you're running away or you're running toward!

[SUGAR]
Tell the men of Chicago, I'm hittin' the tracks
I'm California-bound!
Tell the boys in the band, Sugar's giving up sax
I'm California-bound!
'Cause I'm safer in the long run with an all-girl band
And it's time to say adieu to every one-night stand!
Boys, from here on in this gal is strictly no-man's land!
I'm California-bound!

[CONDUCTOR & PORTERS, WOMEN]
Tell all the folks in Cali-for-ni-a (All aboard!)
The best in Chi-town is coming your way!

[SWEET SUE]
If we all work as sisters, we simply can't fail

[SUGAR]
I'm happy to see anything that's not on a male

[JOE (as Josephine) & DAPHNE]
It's just there's too many men who are hot on our trail

[ALL]
Let's spread some rhythm around and around!

[SUE, SUGAR, & MINNIE]
San Diego, we'll warn ya

[ALL]
We'll rhythm and horn, ya
'Cause we're California
We're California-bound!

We're California-bound!
Last Update: November, 20th 2023