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 acting mean when I keep my buzzes cleanAnd keep the hard stuff and the whiskey from my head

Well, I guess that′s just the trouble when you're always seeing double

And the lines are getting twice as hard to see

I've had years I don′t recall, but I′m told I had a ball

At least someone 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 posting vids and just trying to raise their kids

Instead of raising holy hell and posting bail

Well, I'm California sober as they say

And lately, I can 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 sitting 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

′Cause the devil on my shoulder always wins