I'm California Bound

Sue, may I check another bag? Is the dining car open all night? Sue— Ladies, ladies, ladies! Ladies, listen to me For in Sue you must trust Tell the past, "see ya later, alligator" 'Cause our future is now It's California or bus, for— Sweet Sue! And her Society Syncopators California, here we come! Tell the cats in my alley to find a new dish! I'm California-bound Tell my trumpet-hatin' neighbors they're getting their wish I'm California-bound Too-da-loo to the loo, and ta-ta to my coattail There'll be no more runny noses, or wild strep-throat Tell the twins of old Lake Michigan they've blown their last note I'm California-bound! This is never gonna work This is just to get us out of town, no one's asking you to have a baby There they are, oh God, this is crazy, Joe! Not Joe; Josephine You wanna live? Get into character, Geraldine! Maybe this will all blow over in a day or two Extra, extra! Two witnesses hunted after gangland killing! We got a train to catch Girl, move them legs! I feel naked, like everybody's staring at me We're California-bound! No one's staring at you, but ooh I like what I see! We're California-bound! Take a look at these dames Every one is a pearl Do you think if I asked nicely One would give me a whirl? Man, you best just keep repeating I'm a girl, I'm a girl We're California-bound! Young man, we need to check one saxophone and one upright bass, please Excuse me, ladies! I'm Sweet Sue, and these are my Society Syncopators! Charmed, I'm sure, I'm Josephine and this is— I'm Daphne! Daphne? Yes! She's Daphne! You're interesting women! I admire how you've chosen to express yourselves through perfume So where you gals off to with that sax and upright bass? Well, we're just heading back for our second semester at the Sheboygan Conservatory of Music Wait, Sheyboygan! I'm offering you twenty bucks a week! Right here, right now, to join my all-girls band! Make it twenty-five and we bunk together Done! What are the odds that we'd find the exact right instruments, in the exact right time, in the exact right place?! Sometimes it's best not to overthink these things Tally-ho! Ladies, meet the new girls who'll be adding some class We're really au-contraire, it's you that's saving our ass! I'm Josephine on sax And girls, I'm Daphne on bass! 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-goer Sugar Cane! Glad you could join us, Sugar Cut me some slack, Sue, this is the earliest I've ever been late! Hey, ladies, all aboard! Hey, ladies, all aboard! Hey, ladies, all aboard! Whether you're running away or you're running toward— Tell the men of Chicago, I'm hitting 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 gala's strictly no-mans-land! I'm California-bound! (Tell all the folks in Californ-I-A) All aboard! (The best in Chi-town is coming your way!) If we all work as sisters, we simply can't fail I'm happy to see anything that's not on a male It's just there's too many men who are hot on our trail Let's spread some rhythm around and around San Diego, we'll warn ya'! We're rhythm and horn, yeah 'Cause we're California— We're California-bound! We're California-bound!