Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The - To California Lyrics
Well he told me
The highway called for him to hit it.
So that's what he did.
Now he regrets he ever did it now.
He said that's where he'd find his fortune.
And where it's warmer
The weather's warmer and the girls are scorching hot.
He quit his job down at the diner.
And then he loaded up his SUV.
Just like a modern 49er.
Except for the Schlager and the PCP.
To California.
Or come high water.
He isn't doing very well.
He made it to Atlantic City.
To try to double what he brought.
Lost it to a voodoo girl named Kitty.
Totaled the truck out in the parking lot.
So he decided
He was determined not to turn back. No way.
So guess what he did?
Well he snuck aboard an Amtrak Train.
To California.
He said that's where he'd find his fortune.
And where it's warmer.
The weather's warmer and the girls are scorching hot.
To California.
Just got a postcard in the mail.
"Just to inform ya.
I'm the LA County Jail. Right now."
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Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The To California Comments
Best. Live. Band. Ever. Period. Twice.
¿2020?
i love that M.O.D. hat ..Billy Milano is an effin legend
I'm from India and i love Irish culture and I love punk rock.....all hail The Mighty Bosstones!!!!
give this man a glass of water
It's not going to change anything
i've listened to this throughout the year for the past 8 years... and i still get the exact same feeling everytime.
Yuck. These guys are one level of Hell below Smash Mouth.
Ben Carr is the best and all he does is dance
Mariah careys song is a different song ..wtf she gets credit
Worst Band ever..........
lol keep enjoying Bieber dude
He rocks through the band like im doing in my mind alone :D
I want the snapback suit combo to make a comeback.
Dude, what's stopping you? Make it happen.
How could 1,000 people not like this song? If you don't like it, maybe just skip going out of your way to hate it.
Not everyone has good taste
Dicky Barrett is either the worst good singer or the best bad singer of all time.
So much steez back then, and Bosstones were drippin in it. Nobody sounded like them. So much dope Ska in the 90's. Even the short lived smaller bands like skankin' pickle had more funk and style than anything these days. Buck-O-Nine, Voodoo, Mustered Plug, Toasters, Reel Big Fish, list goes on and on. 3rd wave Ska was the bomb.. i don't even know what "wave" were in these days. Maybe I need to get my old ass out there again and hit the floor. I do miss the rude girls.
3rd wave was pretty good. Skankin' Pickle was the shit.
absolute legends
When the band geeks became cooler than you.
Who’s ready to see them at PRB this year?!?!
They're playing shows again? Saw them 4 times back in the 90's. Met Dicky and Ben at Warped in 96. You'll have fun...they're fucking awesome live.
Clueless
Holy crap Frank Mir sung for tge bosstones?!
lol..excellent
Production values are great for 1993
Mariah Carey wrote this?
Is this the EP version or the album version?
This song reminds me of movies like clueless and dumb and dumber. 1993-1997 were some golden years.
Whos the drummer??
no doubt one of the best videos ever. so much fun and brotherly love goin on. so many little funny things you notice every time you watch it. perfect music video, at least in my own worthless opinion.
I learned this bass on acid. So itll always be new and powerful to me. Back , way back. Music not acid , From TapeWorld. THE NICE PRICE BROUGHT ME HERE
This is the only rock band in history to have their own back up dancer.
Wait...so he's contemplating sending a letter to an ex whose name he's forgotten?
Yeah, and?
@Brian Griffin how would you send a letter to someone without knowing their name?
a horn and guitar band - keeps it real, thanks...
Madness wannabe
I’m 13 and I LOVE SKA
I love Dickie's coat in this video
Great hat
any one know what type of coat the lead singer is wearing? the cool plaid one
go to the thrift store. They have tons of them
Live from Carolla One studios in California, this _is_ the Adam Carolla Show....
Glendale, California*
Sometimes I Miss Massachusettes. 👍 Bosstones are still Boss
I was so angry when all the posers hit it big before these guys.... injustice.
That looks like a coat my Sister used to have back in high school.
Where can I get that coat though...?
ska musicians are not regular people. 2k
I love this song.
The Bosstones designated hype man
2:30 👌🏼
If you hate this song you have mental illness 🤷♂️🤷♂️❤️❤️
The more I sort it out, the more it gets distorted. I sorta think I’m better off just leaving it unsorted.
Clueless
My beautiful Brittany Murphy...💔
Best Use for a Trombone ever....
This sounds different from the album version strange
How many cigars do I need to achieve this voice?
I love the brass.
Make me want to vote for Trump 2020
Tartan plaid . . .
When I watched Clueless for the first time I thought they made out this band, 2019 and I realized they for real.
I miss ska being popular
Where is Adam Carolla?
Stormtroopers of death
Thank God, ska is dead!
Adam carolla theme song
Big feels
His voice makes me wanna cough for him ugh
Clueless brought me here and I have to say I'm glad it did.
There was a place
And the name of the place escapes me
When I can't remember
It irritates me
Could be I can't remember
Could be I choose to not
Let's move the song along
And try to find the plot
There was a girl and I don't know her name either
She gave me love and I swore I'd never leave her
If I did I'd come back someday and find her
Maybe I will, I should write down a reminder
One day! One day who knows
Someday, someday I suppose
There was a verse that I was gonna write I haven't yet
But there's still a chance I might an open book
That I still want to close I'll find the time
Someday I suppose a place and time
I want to be and spend a storyline
That's happy in the end plans are made
With promises so certainly uncertain
I can't wait to set things straight
Before they close the curtain
One day! One day who knows
Someday, someday I suppose
The more I sort things out
The more it gets distorted
I sort of think I'm better off just leaving it unsorted
The more I try to change its course
The more off course it goes
Of course I'll reach my destination someday I suppose
Sort it out
Get distorted
One day who knows
Hide behind
Unreported
Someday I suppose
There was a place
And the name of the place escapes me
When I can't remember
It irritates me
Could be I can't remember
Could be I choose to not
Let's move the song along
And try to find the plot
There was a girl and I don't know her name either
She gave me love and I swore I'd never leave her
If I did, I'd come back someday and find her
Maybe I will, I should write down a reminder
One day! One day who knows
Someday, someday I suppose
The more I sort it out
The more it gets distorted
I sort of think I'm better off just leaving it unsorted
The more I try to change its course
The more off course it goes
Of course I'll reach my destination someday I suppose
Sort it out
The more I sort it out
The more it gets distorted
I sort of think I'm better off just leaving it unsorted
The more I try to change its course
The more off course it goes
Of course I'll reach my destination (someday I suppose)
Thanks to beer and a bong hit I was blown back to the 90s and this great music hit me again lol ✌😎🤘
When you are a teenager but your dad introduces you to 90's ska bands and you like them.
Mod crap
Still here 😊
Clueless.
It's 2019: I'm old and my music is too
go see them live they are epic
I enjoy being old at this point... Cuz I remember the way my sisters would, and still do, condescend me... And now every time I say I feel old, I turn to them and go, "oh! But you guys are twelve years older than me. You gen x'ers must feel ancient!"
Nothing was like the opening song of a Bosstones show.
@andy shea true.
Some of the best lyrics these guys ever wrote
I wish all the fake artist (2001 and onward) look at this this is real music with instrument(s) this is real artist. Thank God I was in the 70s 80s and 90s those are the best decades for music and music videos With real talents.
Ah the 90's.......aahhhhhh the FUCKIN 90's, I miss em soooo much 😭
Just watched them playimg this in clueless...so old and still so good!
Published on Jan 29, 2012
Some day in Poland...
Clueless
My favorite voice
My favorite voice
10th grade 94'... Anyone?
Boston represent :))
got to get in on!
I saw these guys in PHX this past weekend and they completely stole the show. Love these guys!
i discover this band a few months ago.. best accident ever made
Ikr have you listen to their the impression that I get that was my first song back in 2012
@Robert Reynolds NO, was this song and Sad Silence :)
@anthony carmine hellz yeah impression that I get is groovy my guy the band in general is fire
@Robert Reynoldsamazing lol. i was searching more ska bands, this kind of music is great for me.
I remember seeing them perform this at the very first Lalapalooza back in 90 or 91. Crazy.
That is like the word maybe you might as well just say no
Ok. I’m drunk. I have a good bosstones story. Went to their show at Penn State early 90’s drunk on many Black Labels. People were stage diving but if people approached Dickie, the bouncers would crush them. Drunk me ran by Dickie and shook hands with “Bosstone” and then I sprinted off with a stage dive. When Bosstone saw me approaching he was initially scared but when I stuck out my hand, he just laughed and extended his hand
Always thought he had a lougie in his throat
welcome to Adam Carolla full intro
I miss ska Hype Men!!!!
Adam Carolla intro flashbacks.
they're ok
When I grow up I wanna be Ben!!
Legends, love this band so much ever since I was a kid.
If you like this, you might also like Distemper, a Russian Ska Punk band.
I bought a bootleg CD in Barcelona in 2003, had it copied a few times and gave it to all my mates.
They hated it.
I grew up in the 2000s but somehow I have this feeling as if I had really lived my teens in the 90s, I was born in 1995 so crazy to explain every single time i get to hear or see something from the 90s I get nostaligic
I saw them in ft. Lauderdale and my friend and I got to go up and dance ot was a blast. Fun times.