Lots of folks back East, they say   Is leavin' home every day   Beatin' the hot old dusty way   To the California line      'Cross the desert sands they roll   Gettin' out of that old dust bowl   They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl   But here's what they find   Now, the police at the port of entry say   "You're number fourteen thousand for today"      Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, folks   You ain't got the do re mi   Why you better go back to beautiful Texas   Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee      California is a garden of Eden   A paradise to live in or see   But believe it or not you won't find it so hot   If you ain't got the do re mi      You want to buy you a home or a farm   That can't deal nobody harm   Or take your vacation   By the mountains or sea      Don't swap your old cow for a car   You better stay right where you are   Better take this little tip from me   'Cause I look through the want ads every day   But the headlines on the papers always say      If you ain't got the do re mi, boys   You ain't got the do re mi   Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas   Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee      California is a garden of Eden   A paradise to live in or see   But believe it or not you won't find it so hot   If you ain't got the do re mi