Well, I used to like to ramble with my good-time friends and neighbors
Now I find I´d rather lie awake in bed
And I don´t get to actin´ mean when I keep my buzzes clean

And keep the hard stuff and the whiskey from my head
Well, I guess that´s just the trouble when you´re always seein´ double
And the lines are gettin´ twice as hard to see
I´ve had years I don´t recall, but I´m told I had a ball
At least somebody did who looked a lot like me

So I´m California sober as they say
And lately I can´t find no other way
I can´t stay out and party like I did back in the day
So I´m California sober as they say
Aw, pick it, Willie

Well, I heard out in the hills, they got pills to get their thrills
And they love their liquor down in New Orleans
Maybe for a New York minute, sugarcane will fit the bill
But in no time flat, you´re out of what you need
The old crew don´t get together anymore these days much ever
After some went straight and some went straight to jail
Now they´re busy postin´ vids and just tryin´ to raise their kids
Instead of raisin´ holy hell and postin´ bail

Well, I´m California sober as they say
And lately I can´t find no other way

I can´t stay out and party like I did back in the day
So I´m California sober as they say

I was California sober ´til I thought the world was over
Now I´m sittin´ on the roadside once again
When that wagon passes by, I don´t even bat an eye
Because the devil on my shoulder always wins
When that ol´ wagon passes by, I don´t even bat an eye
Because the devil on my shoulder always wins