Oh! I’m packing my grip and I’m leavin’ today,
‘Cause I’m takin’ a trip California way
I’m gonna settle down and never more roam
And make the San Fernando Valley my home.

I’ll forget my sins, I’ll be makin’ new friends,
Where the West begins and the sunset ends,
‘Cause I’ve decided where “yours truly” really oughta be
And it’s the San Fernando Valley for me

Bridge: I think that I’m safe in statin’ she will be waitin’
When my lonely journey is done
And kindly old Rev’rend Thomas
Made us a promise he will make the two of us one.

So, I’m hittin’ the trail to the cow country.
You can forward my mail care of R.F.D.
I’m gonna settle down and never more roam
And make the San Fernando Valley my home