Words and music by John Kay



When I returned here back from the Islands

You know I couldn't say enough 'bout old Kauai

But now I'm out here on the road

Calling friends back home

But I just get the phone machine and this reply



Ain't nobody home in California

All your friends have gone to Molokai

Ain't nobody home in California

Everybody's off to see Hawaii



May your journey seem forever

May the Islands touch your heart

And if you leave it all the way you found it

May the peace that you'll find never part



I wish I'd be there, back in the Islands

You know, I'd ride along the beach at Hana Bay

But I'm stuck in Waco, Texas

At the Paradise Motel

And now there's no one waiting for me in L.A.

'Cause



Nobody's home in California

All your friends have gone to Molokai

Ain't nobody home in California

Everybody's off to see Hawaii 



Soon my travels will be over

And soon a plane will take me home

And just as soon I can make it over

I'll be leaving these words on my phone



Ain't nobody home in California?.



© 1978 Rambunctious Music (ASCAP)