California Desert Party

Studio CD: Modern Lovers 88
Single: California Desert Party/When Harpo Played His Harp
Compilation: Vampire Girl
Live Bootleg: Live At Davis, Mezzago, Subterranea Club, Hollywood 1989, Binghamton, Live In Tampa Bay 1992
Modern Lovers 88

Chords

G
Everybody's dancing round in the cactus garden
C                         G
Yucca trees are all around Cholla too, look out
C          D              C                D
Guacamole's there for you, carrot juice and nachos too
      C          D      G
It's a California desert party


G
(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
C          D     G
California desert party
G        
Pack rats, kit fox, petroglyphs, and sleeping bags
C         D      G
California desert party


C                            D
They brought the harp and the lyre
C                      D
They turned the hot tub higher


G    
Chaparral, sagebrush, look out there it's sleepin bags
C         D      G
California desert party


C                            D
They brought the harp and the lyre
C                      D
They turned the hot tub higher


G
(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
C         D      G
California desert party
G
Backpacks, petroglyphs, kit fox, pack rats
C         D      G
California desert party

Chordpro

[G] Everybody's dancin round in the cactus garden
[C] yucca trees are all around [G] Cholla too, look out
[C] Guacamole's [D] there for you, [C] carrot juice and [D] nachos too
it's a [C] California [D] desert [G] party

[G] (Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
[C] California [D] desert [G] party
[G] pack rats, kit fox, petroglyphs, and sleeping bags
[C] California [D] desert [G] party

[C] they brought the harp and the [D] lyre
[C] they turned the hot tub [D] higher

[G] chaparral, sagebrush, look out there it's sleepin bags
[C] California [D] desert [G] party

[C] they brought the harp and the [D] lyre
[C] they turned the hot tub [D] higher

[G] (Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
[C] California [D] desert [G] party
[G] backpacks, petroglyphs, kit fox, pack rats
[C] California [D] desert [G] party

Lyrics

Everybody's dancing round in the cactus garden
Yucca trees are all around Cholla too, look out
Guacamole's there for you, carrot juice and nachos too
It's a California desert party

(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
California desert party
Pack rats, kit fox, petroglyphs, and sleeping bags
California desert party

They brought the harp and the lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

Chaparral, sagebrush, look out there it's sleeping bags
California desert party

They brought the harp and the lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
California desert party
Backpacks, petroglyphs, kit fox, pack rats
California desert party

Live At Davis

Lyrics

[We just made a new album
They wanted another song for it
So we made this one up that's just how it happened
So, yeah, let's do it!]

Well everybody's dancing around in the cactus garden
Yucca trees are all around Cholla too, look out
Guacamole's there for you, ??? and nachos too
It's a California desert party

(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
California desert party
Yeah, chaparral and sagebrush and petroglyphs and sleepin bags
California desert party

They brought the harp and the lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

Chaparral and petroglyphs and sleepin bags
California desert party

They brought the harp and the lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
California desert party
Yeah, pack rats and backpacks and petroglyphs and what not
California desert party

[Hey, these nachos don't have the right kind of cheese on it
I don't like that on the pool I don't want nachos with sprouts on it
That's no good
Is this your cactus Candy? ??? I didn't make it]

Mezzago

Lyrics

[??? California Desert Party ???]

Well, everybody's dancing round in the cactus garden
Yucca trees are on the ground Cholla too, look out
Guacamole's there for you, carrot juice and nachos too
California desert party

Yeah (Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
California desert party
Pack rats, and petroglyphs, and hacky sacks
California desert party

They brought the harp and the lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

Chaparral, and sagebrush, and sleeping bags
California desert party
All right

They brought the harp and the lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
California desert party
Chaparral, and sagebrush, and sleeping bags
California desert party

Subterranea Club

Lyrics

Well now
Everybody's dancing around
In the cactus garden
Yucca trees are all on the ground
And they got Cholla catus too, [you know what that is?
That's the kind that sticks, you just barely touch it and it sticks ??? Mojave desert ???
Oh yeah?
Which town? Tucson? Maybe my favourite city, all right
From Tucson proper or out in the suburbs? ??? ]

Well
Everybody's dancing around
In the cactus garden [they don't have ??? in the Mojave but they got Cholla
Spanish bayonette
They got Yucca trees all these strange things, Joshua trees, I'm telling you the names but you got to see them, you got to see them]

Well everybody [you gotta watch out though]

Guacamole's there for you, carrot juice? they got carrot juice and nachos too
[??? I know what it's going to be, it's going to be a]
California desert party

(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
And it's a California desert party
Pack rats, petroglyphs, and kit foxes too
It's a California desert party

[What did they bring?]

They brought the ancient harp and lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

Chaparral, petroglyphs, and sleeping bags
And it's a
California desert party

They brought the harp and the lyre
They made me turn the hot tub higher

Chaparral, ancient Indian petroglyphs
And it's a
California desert party
Guacamole
California desert ???
California desert ???
California desert ???
California desert ???
California desert party

Hollywood 1989

Lyrics

Well
Everybody's dancing round in the cactus garden
Yucca trees are on the ground Cholla too, watch out for them
Guacamole's there for you, carrot juice and nachos too
Must be a California desert party

Yeah
(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
California desert party
Yeah pack rats, and petroglyphs, and sleeping bags
California desert party

They brought the harp and the lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

Chaparral, petroglyphs, sleeping bags, kit foxes there are
I know it's just by process of elimination
It must a California desert party that's what it is

They got hakey sack, they've got 20 cactus
??? Plants, yucca trees
California desert party

They brought the harp and the lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
[You recognize them before
??? This town right?
???]

California desert party
California desert party

Binghamton

Lyrics

Everybody's dancing round in the cactus garden
Yucca trees are on the ground and Cholla too
Guacamole's there for you, carrot juice and nachos too
Hey dude must be a California desert party

(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
California desert party
Pack rats and petroglyphs, and sleeping bags
California desert party

They brought the harp and lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

Chaparral and petroglyphs and sagebrush and kit fox
California (that's right I like that beat) desert party
Pack rats and petroglyphs, and sleeping bags
California desert party
All right

Yeah

Yeah

Well

They brought the harp and the lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
California desert party
Pack rats and petroglyphs, and sleeping bags
California desert party
Oh, California, carrot juice and nachos too
California desert, Guacamole
California desert, spirulin ???
California desert, hacky sacks too
Well it's a California desert party

[Hey now I'm in that California mood]

Live In Tampa Bay 1992

Chords

    E
Well everybody's dancing round in the cactus garden
A                                         E
Yucca trees are on the ground and they got Cholla trees you gotta watch out
A          B              A                B
Guacamole's there for you, carrot juice and nachos too
                     A          B      E
Hey dude it must be a California desert party


E
(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
A         B      E
California desert party
E
Yeah pack rats and petroglyphs, and sleeping bags
          A          B      E
And it's a California desert party



(What did they bring?)
A                            B
They brought the harp and the lyre
A                      B
They turned the hot tub higher


E
Chaparral and sagebrush, and ancient Indian petroglyphs
          A          B      E
And it's a California desert party

Chordpro

Well [E] Everybody's dancin round in the cactus garden
[A] yucca trees are on the ground and they got [E] Cholla trees you gotta watch out
[A] Guacamole's [B] there for you, [A] carrot juice and [B] nachos too
Hey dude it must be a [A] California [B] desert [E] party

[E] (Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
[A] California [B] desert [E] party
[E] yeah pack rats and petroglyphs, and sleeping bags
And it's a [A] California [B] desert [E] party

(What did they bring?)
[A] they brought the harp and the [B] lyre
[A] they turned the hot tub [B] higher

[E] chaparral and sagebrush, and ancient Indian petroglyphs
And it's a [A] California [B] desert [E] party

Lyrics

Well, everybody's dancing round in the cactus garden
Yucca trees are on the ground and they got Cholla trees you gotta watch out
Guacamole's there for you, carrot juice and nachos too
Hey dude it must be a California desert party

(Landers, Lone Pine, Palms of 29)
California desert party
Yeah pack rats and petroglyphs, and sleeping bags
And it's a California desert party

(What did they bring?)
They brought the harp and the lyre
They turned the hot tub higher

Chaparral and sagebrush, and ancient Indian petroglyphs
And it's a California desert party

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