I’m California Bound

Lyrics

[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!