Folks back east they say,    I'm leaving home everyday   Beating the hot old dusty way out    To the California Line   Across the desert sands they role   Trying to get out of that old dust hole   They think they're going to sugar bowl,    This is what they find   Police at the port of entry say   Your number fourteen thousand for today   And if you ain't the do re mi boy   If you ain’t got the do re mi   You better go back to beautiful Texas,    Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee   Maybe you want a house or a farm   Not do no body no harm   Just take your vacations by the mountains or the sea   Well don't sell that old cow for a car,   You might just want to stay right where you are   Take a little advice from me   Cuz I read the warnings everyday    And the headlines in the papers always say   If you ain’t got the do re mi boy   If you ain’t got the do re mi   You better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma,   Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee   California is a garden of evil   A paradise to live in or to see   But believe or not, you won’t find it so hot   If you aint got the do re mi