It Never Rains In Southern California3

By: Albert Hammond & Michael Hazelwood
Albert Hammond
Key: G

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Got on board a west-bound sev-en for-ty se-ven.
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Did-n’t think be-fore de-cid-ing what to do.
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All that talk of op-por-tun-i-ties,
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T.V. breaks and mov-ies,
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rang true sure rang true.

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Seems it ne-ver rains in South-ern
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Cal-i-for-nia.
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Seems I’ve of-ten heard that kind
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of talk be-fore.
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It nev-er rains in Cal-i-for-nia,
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but girl don’t they warn ya,
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it pours, man it pours
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Out of work, I’m out ‘a my head,
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out of self re-spect, I’m out-a-bread.
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I’m un-der loved, I’m un-der fed,
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I wan-na go home.
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It nev-er rains in Cal-i-for-nia,
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but girl, don’t they warn ya,
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it pours, man it pours.