(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica

I'm spending Hanukkah in Santa Monic

Wearing sandals, lighting candles by the sea

I spend shavuos in east St Louis

A charming spot but clearly not the spot for me

Those Eastern winters I can't endure 'em

So every year I pack my gear and come out here 'til Purim Rosh Hashanah

I spend in Arizona and Yom Kippur way down in Mississippi

But in December, there's just one place for me

Amid the California flora

I'll be lighting my menorah

Like a baby in his cradle, I'll be playing with my dreidel

Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monic by the sea

Those Eastern winters I can't endure 'em

So every year I pack my gear and come out here 'til Purim Rosh Hashanah

I spend in Arizona and Yom Kippur down in my home Mississippi

But in December, there's just one place for me amid the California flora

I'll be lighting my menorah

Like a baby in his cradle, I'll be playing with my dreidel

Here's to Judas Maccabees boy, if he could only see us

Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monic by the sea