"California Girls"

I also had a small realization about "California Girls" yester-day.  The line "The midwest farmers' daughters really make you feel alright" may be a slight nod to the song "Farmer's Daughter" from Surfin' U.S.A.

"That's Not Me"

This morning, I read the lyrics from "That's Not Me" in The Beach Boys (page 211), and I had a small realization about the line "I went through all kinds of changes, took a look at myself, and said, 'That's not me.'"  The line exhibits internal rhyme ("took a look"), and this matches the introspection that the line itself describes.

"You Still Believe in Me"

I've been slowly reading The Beach Boys (the band's only official book, from 2023), and lately, I've been reading about the songs on Pet Sounds.  Yester-day, I read the lyrics to "You Still Believe in Me" (on page 205, with a bit of "I Know There's an Answer" accidentally included).  I noticed that in the line "Ev'ry time we break up, you bring back your love to me," "ev'ry" is sung to notes of all different pitches (B E F#), providing something of a sense of entirety.