I'm goin' down south,
'Neath the borderline.
I'm goin' down south,
'Neath the borderline.
Some fat momma
Kissed my mouth one time.
Well, I needed it this morning
Without a shadow of doubt.
My suitcase is packed,
My clothes are hangin' out.
San Francisco's fine,
You sure get lots of sun.
San Francisco is fine.
You sure get lots of sun.
But I'm used to four seasons,
California's got but one.
Well, I got my dark sunglasses,
I got for good luck my black tooth.
I got my dark sunglasses,
And for good luck I got my black tooth.
Don't ask me nothin' about nothin',
I'm goin' home to California
And I'll be there in about a week
And I've been gone too long to worry
Can't you see I'm in a hurry
California, here I come
I've got some people in California
I hope they'll be there when I get home
But I've been gone too long to worry
Can't you see I'm in a hurry
California, here I come
Gonna live in a canyon made of gold
And there the sunshine shines everyday I'm told
And I've been gone too long to worry
Can't you see I'm in a hurry
California, here I come
I'm goin' home to California
And I'll be there in about a week
And I've been gone too long to worry
Can't you see I'm in a hurry
California, here I come
Hoo hoo, I need your huggin
I'm here my fears close guarded
Youth costing less than the next flight
You love the beautiful West Side
The beach and gorgeous sunrise
Surfs up the waves are risin' high
I'm all alone I need you here in Santa Monica
California [x 5]
From here to Bel Air
The blue bus will take us everywhere
Everyone's happy everyone's all right
From Lomita to El Cerrito
Seven years up and down the West Coast
Surfs up the waves are risin' high
I'm all alone I need you here in Santa Monica
Sitting in a park in paris, france
Reading the news and it sure looks bad
They wont give peace a chance
That was just a dream some of us had
Still a lot of lands to see
But I wouldnt want to stay here
Its too old and cold and settled in its ways here
Oh, but california
California Im coming home
Im going to see the folks I dig
Ill even kiss a sunset pig
California Im coming home
I met a redneck on a grecian isle
Who did the goat dance very well
He gave me back my smile
But he kept my camera to sell
Oh the rogue, the red red rogue
He cooked good omelettes and stews
And I might have stayed on with him there
But my heart cried out for you, california
Oh california Im coming home
Oh make me feel good rockn roll band
Im your biggest fan
California, Im coming home
Chorus:
Oh it gets so lonely
When youre walking
And the streets are full of strangers
All the news of home you read
Just gives you the blues
Just gives you the blues
So I bought me a ticket
I caught a plane to spain
Went to a party down a red dirt road
There were lots of pretty people there
Reading rolling stone, reading vogue
They said, how long can you hang around?
I said a week, maybe two,
Just until my skin turns brown
Then Im going home to california
California Im coming home
Oh will you take me as I am
Strung out on another man
California Im coming home
Chorus:
Oh it gets so lonely
When youre walking
And the streets are full of strangers
All the news of home you read
More about the war
And the bloody changes
Oh will you take me as l am?
Will you take me as l am?
i'mma smoke a trippy stick on this one
hash oil..
roll a joint, roll another one
when it's all said and done
i'll be at the top bitch
cause i hustle a lot
them cars, been pulling em off the lot
don't even test drive it before i cop
just ordered a yacht
we're at the craps table in vegas
the dealer saying how he admiring my watch
i'm placing my wager
no need to care about how much paper i blow
cause i been getting this money and stay on
a couple things that i know
i'm blowing this stink by the o
my weed so strong i swear to god you would think it's cologne
i go anywhere in the world and just make it my home
staying at the highest level but i didn't make it alone
now that my money right them suckers keep thinking i'm wrong
but i'm just switching lanes, foot off the brake and i'm gone
if you ain't talking money homie, you can't get a call
cause this a muthafuckin life that you can't live at all
i'm getting high while i drive, i ain't thinking of y'all
[hook]
i just wanna ride in my ride with my top down
and smoke weed with my niggas
still rolling weed on my xxl
only different is that's me on the cover
once in a while call my little sister and tell her i love her
cause she can get crazy in this industry
most of your friends become your enemies
that's why i stay down with the ones that's still with me
the niggas who started and they down ? the end with me
make sure the positive energy be flowing
all the weed keep rolling
all of us keep getting high, the sky
we gonna keep from falling
niggas keep hating, but baby i'mma keep ballin
now i'm buying a steak on
on private island vacations
flying on private planes
i'm cool with the pilot, he let me roll something
put on a movie, let my girl watch it
ask my dealer how i look, that ferrari option
just an everyday life, when you young and bossin..
[hook]
i just wanna ride in my ride with my top down
Well it was out in California by the San Diego sea
That was when I was taken in and it left its mark on me
Yeah she nearly drove me crazy with all those China toys
And I know she really didn't mean a thing to any of those sailor boys
Louisiana rain is falling at my feet
Baby I'm noticing the change as I move down the street
Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes
I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge
South Carolina put out its arms for me
Right up until everything went black somewhere on Lonely Street
And I still can't quite remember who helped me to my feet
Thank God for a love that followed the angel's remedy
Louisiana rain is falling just like tears
Running down my face, washing out the years
Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes
I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge
Well I never will get over this English refugee
Singing to the jukebox in some all-night beanery
Yeah he was eating pills like candy and chasing them with tea
You should have seen him lick his lips, that old black muddied beak
Louisiana rain is falling at my feet
Baby I'm noticing the change as I move down the street
Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes
I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge
Louisiana rain is falling just like tears
Running down my face, washing out the years
Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes
She lived at the end of a little dirt road
In a house where secrets go untold
Barefoot in a cotton dress
Dark hair in a tangled mess
And a head full of crazy dreams
She said
I'm goin' to California
A place where the sun always shines
I'm goin' to California
And I'm leavin' everything behind
You can't help but feel a little bit touched
When your daddy loves you a little too much
You can wish on four leaf clovers
But all the fields have been plowed over
And there's nothin' left to do but fly away
She said
I'm goin' to California
A place where the sun always shines
I'm goin' to California
And I'm leavin' everything behind
Stars burn like candles on that two-lane highway
She made her wish, and disappeared on her 18th birthday
And she said
I'm goin' to California
A place where the sun always shines
I'm goin' to California
And I'm leavin' everything behind
I'm goin' to California
And I'm leavin' everything behind
Oh California
I'm goin' to California
Oh California
Leavin' it all behind
California's been good to me
Hope it don't fall into the sea
Sometimes you got to trust yourself
It ain't like anywhere else
It ain't like anywhere else
There's time to roll, I'm all done
It's time we better hit the road
I got work later on
It's time we better hit the road
California's been good to me
Hope it don't fall into the sea
Sometimes you got to save yourself
It ain't like anywhere else
It ain't like anywhere else
Sundown, red skies
Nobody's been around
Sundown, blue eyes
I kinda like this party town
California's treated me good
I pray to God that the hills
Don't fall into the sea
Sometimes you got to trust yourself
It ain't like anywhere else
It ain't like anywhere else
Raised up on mid-western dreams
Only a few shall get
What everyone shall need
I took my family's burden
Strapped it to my chest
A few hundred bucks,
And a kiss for luck
And I pointed my dreams west
To California
Come rescue me
California
I am almost free
I kept on driving to the setting sun
Galaxies of angels
Welcome everyone
I took my heart out of its box
Attached it to my sleeve
Well, I will be here every night
Because that's what I believe
In California
Come rescue me
California
I am almost free
I will find my love
I will know my peace
I will seek my truth
I am almost free
I am almost free...
I am almost free
I am almost free
I am almost free
In California
I am almost free
In California
I am almost free
(Rescue me)
California
Im gonna move to Southern California
Got me a ride and a reason to ignore you
Got me a radio ain't got no speakers
Ain't much use so im leaving it,
Leaving it for you
Im leaving it for you
Could be back for you
Gotta find a room and im running out of money
Staying up late but i gotta get up early
Why did I move to southern california
Smiles,kisses,blue
Someone should have warned you
They should have warned you
Could be back,I could be back for you
Why did I run
Southern California
Why did I run
Southern California
Southern California
Why did I run
Southern California
Southern California
Southern California
Southern California
Why did I move to Southern California?
I was converted to the other side
From the day I'd gotten there
I met a girl who took me on a ride
I was young I had no cares
When I moved to California
California
She played me records I had never heard
While we toked on purple hairs
Who, Zeppelin, Beatles
Kiss, The Rolling Stones
While we played guitars in air
When I moved to California
California
California
California love !
Venice Beach and P.O.P.
Station 26 was free
Jeff Ho and Horizons west
Dogtown Skates they were the best
Hang Ten, O.P. were the brands
Don't forget the two-tone Vans
I miss the Apple and my schoolyard boys
Nothing ever will compare
But now I skateboard
With my surfer girl
And we really are a pair
When I moved to California
California
California
Luci su te California
È un'America se ci sei tu
Io volo solo per te California
Sognando quei viali di cielo all'ingiù
(carillon…sei come un carillon…sei come un carillon)
Barche col tuo nome dal Mississippi
Mi ricordi tu
Parlano di te le foto degli hippy
Erano gli anni dei capelli blu
Erano in me quegli anni di pace
Dalle Hawaii in sù
Portami con te sei tu la mia luce
Tanto ai giornali non ci credo più
Tante bugie vendono di più
Luci su te California
È un'America se ci sei tu
io volo solo per te California
Sognando quei viali di cielo all'ingiù (carillon…)
Oggi sono qui tra corse spaziali segni di follia
Non c'è più allegria negli occhi dei figli
Solo sbadigli dai diciotto in su
Ti ho rivista lì tra mille ricordi con occhiali scuri
Parlano di te le mie lacrime amare
Eri sognare dall'Europa in giù
Come un satellite mi manchi tu
Luci su te California
È un'America se ci sei tu
Io volo solo per te California
Sognando quei viali di cielo all'ingiù
Luci su te California
È un'America se ci sei tu
Io volo solo per te California
Sognando quei viali di cielo all'ingiù
(carillon…sei come un carillon…sei come un carillon)
In una strada forse in una stanza
dietro mille finestre
noi guardavamo nella stessa direzione
e la storia si ferma
quando i padri sono stanchi
l'odio ci passava sopra
ma non ci separava
era California era via di là
quanto fiato nella gola
per rifare la realtà
era California era via di là
verso cosa non sapevo ma lo respiravo sembrava cielo
Guardami ora e dimmi cosa vedi
non è tutto passato
ma il sogno che interrompi non sarà più uguale
quasi senza le stelle
forse è più bello navigare
non c'è niente di perso e che non possa continuare
Siamo noi la california
siamo noi la libertà
pugni chiusi nelle tasche
sangue fragole realtà
siamo noi la california
siamo noi la libertà
siamo noi che lo guardiamo e ci sembra ancora
ancora cielooooooo
Okay, this guy walks into a bar
No, I'm just, I'm just fucking with you, I'm kidding
No, there's this, this young bull and this old bull
And they're standing on top of a hill
And I tried to tell you before
That, that's why I left California
So they're standing on top of this hill, right?
And they're looking out over a pasture full of cows, whole fucking pasture
And the young bull turns to the old bull and he goes
"I got this really good idea"
And they old bull's like, "Yeah?"
And I tried to tell you before
That, that's why I left California
"Yeah", he's like, "Yeah, yeah, I got this really good idea
Let's run down that hill and fuck one of those cows"
And the old bull just looks at him, you know he's just looking at him
He's like, "Look, I got a better idea"
And the young bull's like, "Oh yeah?
What's your fucking brilliant idea?"
And the old bull goes
And I tried to tell you before
That, that's why I left California
And the old bull goes, "Let's walk down that hill
And fuck all of those cows dig?"
You know, like he ain't been in town long or something, I dunno
And I tried to tell you before
California, California
You're such a wonder that I think I'll stay in bed
Big time rollers, part time models
So much to plunder
That I think I'll sleep instead
I don't know this sea of neon
Thousand surfers, whiffs of freon
And big nights back east with Rhoda
California please
There's a moment
I've been saving
A kind of crucifix around this munchkin land
Up north freezing, little me drooling
That's Entertainment's on at eight
Come on Ginger slam
I don't know this sea of neon
Thousand surfers, whiffs of freon
And my new grandma Bea Arthur
Come on over
Ain't it a shame that at the top
Peanut butter and jam they served you
Ain't it a shame that at the top
Still those soft skin boys can bruise you
Yes I fell for a streaker
I don't know this sea of neon
Thousand surfers, whiffs of freon
Ain't it a shame
That all the world can't enjoy your mad traditions
Ain't it a shame that all the world
Don't got keys to their own ignitions
Life is the longest death in California
California
You're such a wonder that I think I'll stay in bed
So much to plunder that I think I'll sleep instead
You're such a wonder that I think I'll stay in bed
California sun
Shining through the window
Beating up and down
Like a yellow yo-yo
It's just the sun
Annie's got a gun
She knows how to use it
Points it at the sun
It's a California shoot out
She's got a gun
California Sunset
Orange skies by day
California dreaming
The California way
S.... another stranger
Lying by the pool
Dying to be near you
O' we look so cool
Come on
Too much time spent in stormy weather
I didn't think it would be so cold
Our fire's burnin' now that we're together
It almost feels like I'm halfway home
Is that a sign up ahead
Like a star pointing to your bed
Keep your tired eyes open
Sparks flyin' through your head
Won'tcha take me back, back there
Take me back to California
Take me back to California
Yeah
Golden songs floatin' down the river
Got the gold shinin' in your hair
I wish this road could go forever
Not too long, babe, and I'll be there
Yeah
Is that a sign up ahead
Like a star pointing to your bed
Keep your tired eyes open
Sparks flyin' through your head
Won'tcha take me back, back there
Take me back to California
Take me back to California
Yeah yeah yeah
Won'tcha take me back, back there
Take me back to California
Take me back to California
Take me back to California
Won'tcha take me back, back there
Take me back to California
Take me back to California
Take me back to California
See your reflection in the mind
You keep your revelations wide
They knew just where to draw the line
You let them got you every time
Though it breaks your heart
We had to sell the farm
Back to California where it's warm
It fell around you like the stars
You picked up everything they dropped
And though it breaks you like a song
You had some secrets of your own
And though it breaks your heart
We had to sell the farm
Back to California where it's warm
It's warm, it's warm
And though it breaks your heart
We had to sell the farm
Nights were just too long
With all your children gone
Would it keep you strong?
If I said it with a song
I open my eyes
To see her face
In a daze we engaged
Last night I slept about an hour
To fill her needs and desires
One more night in California
One more night with you
One more night
Ya she's alright (she's alright)
One more night (yeah)
One more night in California
Dom dom dom baby one more night
Dom dom dom baby one more night
I need to catch a ride
To the south side
I grabbed a patty and a shake
I felt the earthquake
I jumped in the cab for LAX
I flipped him a tip
hey man!
Then I split
One more night in California
One more night with you
One more night
But she's alright
She's alright
One more night (yeah)
One more night in California
Night in California
Night in California
Night in California
dom dom dom baby one more night
dom dom baby one more night
I opened my eyes to see her face
But she's alright
she's alright
One more night (yeah)
one night in California
She's alright
She's alright
One more night..yeahhh
One more night in California
Night in California
Night in California
[Lil' Rob Talking]
Southern California
Home of low-ridin'
Gang-bangin' and shit
California
[Chorus](Lil' Rob)
I was raised in the streets of California
(Southern California, home of car-hoppin' and
bomb-droppin'
West coast pop lockin', walkin' how we're talkin')
I was raised in the streets of California
(I was raised in Californ-I-A
Where homeboys die everyday over some shit they say)
[Verse 1]
I've always been down with hydros
And cholos, the low-lows
The six-threes, the six-fours
The rucas with no clothes
Used to drop the two-door
Gang-bang in a four door
Puttin' bullet holes
In the doors of a Ford Explorer
Hard-core, and I got more and more
Where that came from?
Welcome to my kingdom
The streets are my freedom
I need em', I feed em', I feedback
They need that, like I need my weed sack
Take a toque, wacha
Where were we at?
Oh, California the golden state
Controllin' states, pushin' weight
Where vatos like me hallucinate
bouble up while you fumble up
Fuckin' up, you fuckin' punk
If there's no room
Then we'll stick em' by the fuckin' pump
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Slippin' and dippin', grippin' the wheel
Lockin' it up
Dump the back corner
Pop the front one up
Put the convertable top down
It's too good to stop now
This California livin'
Smoke up on the ceilin'
Party at the roof, off the hook
Got every drug up in the book
You don't believe me
See for yourself and take a closer look
Low rider car shows
Hoppin' till the truck blows
Catch me at the bar
Havin' a beer with my uncles
Pacifico with no lime
That's what I drink at all times
Creased up Davis'
I'm always out like where the pavement is
I come from the underground
The underground like where the basement is
It's California, people have a hard time facin' it
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Lowrider bicycles, tricycles
Cold as icycles
Smokin' chronic shit
So high, you would think my eyes are closed
I got my eyes on those
Who be thinkin' that my eyes are closed
But there not ese
Trucha when you get too close
You'll know, that I know
What you think? I don't know
I might explode, unload
Reload, and unload
You broke the code, you got's to go
Ain't no future in your frontin'
Crazy California homeboy
Where the cuete's bustin'
California stylin', California ridin'
Whittier Boulevard to 'Frisco
Then back to Highland
I gots to do it like the locos do
Don't race your ride
Hop your ride like you're supposed to do, through
[Chorus]
Hello, California
Sure is strange to be here today
What's a boy from down in Austin
Doin' in the city of angels anyway?
So won't you come on out here with me?
Find out what you can or cannot see
Maybe gain a new perspective
Why we're so infected by our dreams
Yeah and baby, I'll be out here dreaming
And thinking about the life we could have
Yeah but you're back home in Texas
And I'm wondering when's the next time I get to hold you
I just wanna hold you
It's the sweetest kind of poison
Tackle you and take away your faith
Whiskey for a lifetime
Wreck your soul in smallest little taste
Yeah and baby, I'll be out here dreaming
And thinking about the life we could have
Well I'm stranded in Los Angeles
Wondering when's the next time I get to hold you
I just wanna hold you
I am just a guitar man that fell in love with you
Times good or bad, I'd take 'em all the same
You could have some 9 to 5 man comin' home to take your hand
You know he's never gonna do
Is this the life I dreamed of?
Guess it's just the way it all went down
But damn right I sure am happy
With the crazy piece of life that I have found
Yeah and baby, I'll be out here dreaming
And thinking about the life we could have
Yeah but you're back home in Texas
And I'm stranded in Los Angeles
Wondering when's the next time I get to hold you
California got her right
You will have to wait
Calling from The Golden Gate
Sentimental sparrows
Keeping me awake
Funny how the morning's late
Funny how the morning's late
Come around with your heavenly smile
Come around and drag me out again
After a while we can sit and watch them all rush by
Come around and drag me out again
Come around and drag me out again
Always wanted to leave
Always felt that I'd get stopped
But I could never see myself
In anybody else's arms
In anybody else's arms
Come around with your heavenly smile
Come around and drag me out again
After a while we can sit and watch them all rush by
Come around and drag me out again
Come around and drag me out again
Always wanted to leave
Always felt that I'd get stopped
But I could never see myself
No, I could never see myself
With anybody else
If you want a piece of my life
Get in line, baby get in line
If you wanna kiss then do it fast
Get in line, baby get in line
If you wanna practice, spill the past
Get in line, baby get in line
Get in line, baby get in line
California's angel
It's more than I can stand
Calling down the sunset's pain
Sentimental star unsolved
As soon as we wake
Funny in the morning state
Funny in this morning state
If you want a piece of my life
Get in line, baby get in line
If you wanna kiss then do it fast
Get in line, baby get in line
If you wanna practice, spill the past
Get in line, baby get in line
I will smile and chuckle till the last
Get in line, baby get in line
Get in line, baby get in line
Get in line, baby get in line
Goin' back to California
So many good things around
Don't wanna leave California
The sun seems to never go down
Some people may treat you ugly
Some treat you beautiful too
That's the way life is all over
So look for the good things for you
California, so many things to be free
California, that's where I wanna be
California, so many place for home
California, I'll be back there be for long
I'll be back there be for long
I'll be back there be for long
California, that's where I wanna be
California, I'll be back there for long
I'll be back there be for long
I'll be back there for long
Drive through the night with no end in sight.Ten hour shift with ten hours left.A rainy day when we pull into LA.Dreaming of my home three thousand miles away.Then I woke up in Southern California.A world away from the only life I've known.I'll spend a month stuck in California.People all around me but I never felt so alone.Hollywood is nice but it will never be my home sweet home.Three more weeks in La Mirada.Money's running out and it's gonna get harder.Wastin' my days away.Today I woke up at three, tomorrow we'll do the same.Put on my aftershave, get dressed and out the door by 4:58.We hit the streets find a place to eat.Grab fourteen friends and jump into the van.Three to a seat we head to the beach.Ain't got no money the waves are always free.I've found a home in Southern California.Sleep on a couch crash in with the Jones'.It's not so bad being stuck in Southern California.I've come to find however far away I'm not alone.I've found a family a second home sweet home.Savannah, Georgia, still on my mind.City of Angels residential for the mean time.Watching time go by, my days turned into nights.Monday we take to the sky.Washington state.Then back for two days, say goodbye, and drive away.We drive away.
I'm not falling for anymore of these tricks,
I'm so tired of everything here,
The sun is calling me to the west,
Everyone's having fun out there,
My bags are packed as I'm looking out the window,
Everything is so outdated here,
I wanna move west where the sun is shining,
I want my friends to all be there,
[Chorus:]
Let's pack up and move to California,
She's got lots of friends out there,
We'll never get bored cause we can go boardin',
Let's let the sunshine take us there,
I'm tired of taking it slow,
So tired but I'm not sleeping,
I'm wired about to pick up my board,
Cause we're all headed out for the weekend,
Let's pack up and move to California,
Hop on board before we get older,
Raise your hand and shout for California
Come on,
Come on,
Come on,
Come on,
[Chorus]
Come on,
Come on,
Come on,
Come on,
[Chorus x2]
Let's pack up and move to California,
Hop on board before we get older,
Raise your hands we're headed for the border,
Come on,
Come on,
Come on,
California sun
Shining through the window
Beating up and down
Like a yellow yo-yo
It's just the sun
Annie's got a gun
She knows how to use it
Points it at the sun
It's a California shoot out
She's got a gun
California Sunset
Orange skies by day
California dreaming
The California way
S.... another stranger
Lying by the pool
Dying to be near you
O' we look so cool
Yes we do
California if I could own ya
There’d be some changes made
Can’t help but worry
When I see the state you’re in
You got TVs and you got movies
Yeah but I am watching you
There’s too many people
Living life like the movies do
In California
Well, I can’t help but worry
What else can I do?
Well, I can’t help but worry
When I see it’s down to me and you
You got earthquake, make your house shake
But I’ve been shook, I’ve been shook before
I don’t think it matters
So I’ll just try to shake some more
You got redwoods and you got rivers
But you’ve got this automobile
You just can’t help but worry
You can see how bad you feel
In California
And I can’t help but worry
When I see the state you’re in
I know one thing…
There’s too many people
I remember I was in the tanning salon
When I heard that River Phoenix was gone
They say that only the good die young
But that ain't true where I come from
California...California
It took a lot for me to say
I want to walk away, LA
From the sharks and the Chardonnay
In California...California
4 in the morning we were in our beds
The swaying palm trees above our heads
Woke up to a primal rumbling sound
When the Northridge quake ripped open the
ground
California...California
It took a lot for me to say
I want to walk away LA
from the sharks and the Chardonnay
In California... In California
Golden State, I'm back in the Golden State
Golden State of Mind
Golden State, I'm back In the Golden State
Golden State of Mind
It took a lot for me to say
I want to walk away LA
From the sharks and the Chardonnay
In California... In California
Walk, walk away
I remember I was in the tanning salon
When I heard that River Phoenix was gone...
Don't you know baby I'm a leading man
I dig down deep when I say I love you
Well I can hold my own with the best of them
I guarantee you, you never seen nothin'
Nothin' like this again
California say that you love me
From all the darkness I couldn't break through
Now, I miss the ocean when I go to sleep
Oh man, it's gonna break my heart
Don't you know that I did the things I did
I rubbed your back when you were sleeping
But all along baby it was understood
That you were leaving, absolutely
The very first day we met
California say that you miss me
From all the darkness I couldn't break through
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss ya
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss ya
I'm gonna miss you
Oh my god
I had the most amazing time last night
I dreamt I saw you again
That's when the flashback started to begin
They started slow
But they picked up fast
So I got off my ass
And I ran away to Californ-I-A
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
(Californ-I-A)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Oh my god
I should've never let you leave my side
Should've never left you alone
It probably seems like I'm never coming home
But I'm so lost l
Living life fast
Please get off your ass
So I won't waste away in Californ-I-A
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
(Californ-I-A)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la
Just so you know
I'm never comin' home
I'm having a great day
In Californ-I-A
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Going out to California
Gonna let the water warm my clothes
I'm alone but I'm not lonely
Gonna trade the weather for the Western coast
No don't cry
I'll be back and I'll
Bring the sun to shine
In your eyes
On your shoulders
Sunset Boulevard will strip for money
Mulholland is a long drag for the lonely hearts
Down along the Imperial Valley
Runs a river of homelessness and cinema stars
Don't say
The trip's been done
A hundred thousand times
Cause this one
Is mine
So I will work at what work finds me
And I will take what comfort I can get
I'll be back when I'm good and ready
California doesn't seem to think I'm ready yet
No don't cry
I'll be back and I'll
Bring the sun to shine
In your eyes
On your shoulders
I went to California
I met a lovely man
He rubs a wedding finger
Without a wedding band
O he knows better anyhow
His kisses are just all in his eyes
O I know better I know better
Still I wish I was by your side
The taxi open window
The summer on the wind
I'd ask about a lover
But how would I begin?
O he knows better anyhow
His kisses are just old in his eyes
O I know better I know better
Still I wish I was by your side
O he knows better anyhow
His kisses are just old in his eyes
O I know better I know better
We've been on the run
Driving in the sun
Looking out for #1
California here we come
Right back where we started from
Hustlers grab your guns
Your shadow weighs a ton
Driving down the 101
California here we come
Right back where we started from
California!
Here we come!
On the stereo
Listen as we go
Nothing's gonna stop me now
California here we come
Right back where we started from
Pedal to the floor
Thinkin' of the roar
Gotta get us to the show
California here we come
Right back where we started from
California!
Well I don’t think it’s odd
To stand before god
And solemnly swear when there’s love in the air
And I don’t think it’s weird
When the one thing you fear
Is losing the one thing that’s holding you dear
Well I don’t think it’s strange
I don’t think it’s insane
It turns the world around
All the birds keeping singing
And the bells keep ringing
And the heart keeps bringing you home to
California
Where the warm sun shines
California
Hear the wind blowing chimes
Californ-i-a
Though you’re far away
Your love is here today
True love in your heart
Like a flame in the dark
May you have may you hold
Till death do you part
‘Cause two of a kind
It ain’t easy to find
Coming out of the gloomy
And led by the blind
It don’t take much to see
That what’s meant to be
Is right in front of me
When the birds keeping singing
And the bells keep ringing
And the heart keeps bringing you home to
California
Where the warm sun shines
California
Hear the wind blowing chimes
Californ-i-a
Though you’re far away
Your love is here today
We’re sitting on a real celebration
Thank heavens what a fine situation
Shoot the cannon blow the horn
I miss the way you sing low
So I can't hear your voice over
The radio in my car
But you know every word they say
You knew you just the right thing to say of
Distance ripped us farther and farther and farther away
I'll see you soon
If you're coming back this way again
Come back from California
All of us here in Florida
Are starved for your attention
We're starved for your attention
Come back from California
All of us here in Florida
Are starved for your attention
We're starved for your attention
Maybe I fell too fast
Maybe I pushed you away
Now you're gone and I'm afriad
That you're never coming back this way again (should be way not away)
I'll see you soon
If you'll come back here
I'll see you soon
Just say that you want to see me too
Come back from California
All of us here in Florida
Are starved for your attention
We starve for your attention
Come back from California
All of us here in Florida
Are starved for your attention
We're starved for your attention
You know I won't mind if you
Monopolize all my time
I won't say a thing at all
I won't say a word no
So come back from California
Don't you know baby i'm a leading man
I dig down deep when i say i love you
And i can hold my own with the best of them
I guarantee you, you will never see nothing like this again
California, i hope that it wakes you
From all of the darkness
That i couldn't break through
'cause i'm gonna miss you, i'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you, i'm gonna miss you
Don't you know that i did the things i could
I rubbed your back when you were sleeping
But all along baby it was understood
That you were leaving, absolutely
Since the very first day we met
California, i hope that it wakes you
From all of the darkness
That i couldn't break through
'cause i'm gonna miss you, i'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you, i'm gonna miss you
Like i miss the ocean
When i go to sleep
My daddy was a banking man
My mama was a thief
My mama taught me how to stand
My daddy taught me how to cheat
I will rob you till you're blind
I will love you till I cry
I will kiss you seven times
When I crucify you
Tell the wind to find herself another man
Blow a thousand kisses to forgotten lovers
Touch me where my thinking turns to circumstance
Hop into my car we'll drive to California
My mama was a wanted man
My daddy was a priest
My mama taught me how to stand
My daddy taught me how to please
I will rob you till you're blind
I will love you till I cry
I will kiss you seven times
When I crucify you
My daddy was a banking man
My mama was a thief
My mama taught me how to stand
My daddy taught me how to cheat
Aéroport, aérogare
Mais pour tout l'or m'en aller
C'est le blues, l' coup d' cafard
Le check out assuré
Vienne la nuit et sonne l'heure
Et moi je meurs
Entre apathie et pesanteur
Où je demeure
Changer d'optique, prendre l'exit
Et m'envoyer en Amérique
Sex appeal, c'est Sunset
C'est Marlboro qui me sourit
Mon amour, mon moi, je
Sais qu'il existe
La chaleur de l'abandon
C'est comme une symphonie
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau j'ai L.A. en overdose
So sexy le spleen d'un road movie
Dans l'rétro ma vie qui s'anamorphose
J'ai plus d'I.D., mais bien l'idée
De me payer le freeway
C'est l'osmose, on the road
De l'asphalte sous les pieds
Vienne la nuit, c'est le jet lag
Qui me décale
L.A.P.D. me donne un blâme
C'est pas le drame
Se faire un trip, s'offrir un streap
Sous le soleil en plein midi
Six a.m., j'suis offset
J'suis l'ice dans l'eau, j'suis mélo, dis
Mon amour, mon Wesson
Mon artifice
La chaleur du canon
C'est comme une symphonie
C'est sexy le ciel de Californie
Sous ma peau j'ai L.A. en overdose
So sexy le spleen d'un road movie
Dans l'rétro ma vie qui s'anamorphose
A new life is what we need
A new life is out of here
Little moments, don't you know ?
Maybe go to California, where it's warm
Get some work, I can see
You and I breaking waves
In the sunshine
Don't start slipping away
Don't start slipping away
No sad refrains
They belong to yesterday
Don't start slipping away
Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good company
He only comes here when there's no-one else to see
I don't mind if he comes around
I know the winter gets him down
Billy doesn't love me but he keeps good company
We can't afford a ticket but we can always dream
It looks so good you could almost kiss the screen
We've seen the blue, we've seen the smiles
We can get a map and count the miles
It looks so good you could almost kiss the screen
And when we get there, what will we find ?
All the way to California, all the way to California
Why don't you come with me
And I'll get you through January in California
Why don't you come and lie down next to me
When you're feeling like a river lost in the deep blue
Under covers you're a child
We'll be there in a little while
Why don't you come and lie down next to me
And when we get there, what will we find ?
Will we find something we left behind ?
All the way to California, all the way to California
Why don't you some with me
And I'll get you through January in California
Driven through the canyons I was
Dazzled by the mountains and we didn't go very far
Close enough to heaven if you
Climb up on a mansion you too can swing like a star
I tried to get inside I bought a
Ticket with my pride and I was gone right out of my head
I went out for a ride to go
Across a great divide and I ended up at home instead
California
I thought I should see
Now I'm back home, yeah
With twelve little pieces of me
I was just a passenger a
Rider on the tremors that were shaking all our beds at night
A visitor a stranger thought I
Might pass for a regular if I just kept out of the lights
Tore my heart out from my chest
Mixed it up in my mind with the best freshest pieces of my soul
Chose the ones I loved the most
Drove 'em all down to the coast
Threw 'em in a big black hole
California
I thought I should see
Now I'm back home, yeah
With twelve little pieces of me
California
I dreamed I would find
Some kinda sorta pick-me-up
We've been on the run, driving in the sun
Looking out for number one
California here we come
Right back where we started from
Hustlers grab your guns, your shadow weighs a ton
Driving down the 101
California here we come
Right back where we started from
California
Here we come
On the stereo, listen as we go
Nothing's gonna stop me now
California here we come
Right back where we started from
Pedal to the floor, thinkin' of the roar
Gotta get us to the shore
California here we come
Right back where we started from
California
Here we come
California
Screw California
And friends that are never there
In places that they oughtta
Pretend that they even care
From her false family
She could light you up like a holiday tree
In a summer month
So lead us there...
So screw California
And the ice that will never melt
From hearts of
The modern children of Cicero
From her false family
She could light you up like a holiday tree
In a summer month
So lead us there...
Come with me to California
We'll lose our troubles in the sun
Let's fly away
Let's make our grand escape before we come undone
You know I've always been a dreamer
How you laugh at all my silly silly dreams
Let's fly away
Let's make our big mistake before we come undone
Before we come undone, yeah
Oh, come with me to California
Before we come undone
Come with me to California
We'll lose our troubles in the sun
Get, get, get drunk
Let?s get, get, get drunk
Let?s get, get, get drunk
Let?s get, get, get
California show me love
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California throw it up
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California show me love
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California
So high, we'll ride all night
Comin' straight outta Cali, what? The 818 valley, what?
323, fuckin' horse night alley
And from Highland to Clayton, all these bitches are hatin'
'Cause the shit that we're saying is the shit that they're playin'
If we don't make it, we'll take it, if ain't real then we'll fake it
Open your mouth and I'll break it, don't give a fuck if you hate it
We're looking for the 6 chicks, down with the 6 dicks
Rollin' all day, gettin' buzzed, it?s ridiculous
Horny like the sickness, quickies with the quickness
Pussy like it?s business, work it like it?s fitness
Listen, while I spit this, gamin' all these bitches
Now I'm gonna hit this and fuck until I'm dickless
California show me love
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California throw it up
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California show me love
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California
So high, we'll ride all night
Let's get girls in the front, let?s put the sluts in the back
Let's push 'em all together, now let?s put 'em on our laps
Alcohol and drugs and California love
They got me ready to party on this sweetened Bacardi
From the north to the south, this state's all about
Silicon lips and all the fake tits
California girls, best in the world
Best in the backseat, so let?s get fuckin' nasty
I'm a pirate on the streets of California
Movin' and cruisin', we're boozin' all night to the mornin'
So from dust 'till dawn, you know Undead is always on
Hit it once like a bomb, hit it twice and then I'm gone
California show me love
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California throw it up
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California show me love
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California
All night till the mornin?
You don't wanna step on us, we leave the club fucked up
Come on down and say what's up? Don't front 'cause I ain't buzzed
Johnny's here to fuck you up, J-Dog pass the 40 up
You know I'll be here all night and Undead 'till the day we die
California show me love
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California throw it up
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California show me love
Get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California
All night till the mornin?
Get, get, get drunk
Let?s get buzzed, let's get fucked up
Get, get, get drunk
Let?s get buzzed, let's get fucked up
Get, get, get drunk
Let?s get buzzed, let's get fucked up
California
I got a cottage with a sea view
I got a regular summer tan
I been working up the courage to call you all year
(Ooh)
But there are nothing i can say and there are no good words left anyway
Besides people are cruel and the world still moves without you
(Ooh)
Welcome to my Californian home, you don't have to call me you can leave when you want
There's a picture above my bed and there's a light in your eyes
I don't know
Well I don't know whether you still feel alone
And we were dying from the get go
I was dreaming but you never believe
I was trying to fit myself into spaces between
(Ooh)
And you were kind and sometimes cruel
You said all the worlds love couldn't satisfy you
And nothing coulda hurt me as much as the truth
(Ooh, darlin)
Welcome to my Californian home, you don't have to call me you can leave when you want
There's a picture above my bed and there's a light in your eyes
I don't know but tell me coz I wanna find out do you still feel alone
Love is illusive when you search for it
And don't I know
Happiness sometimes it just creeps in
And don't I know it
I'm going crazy I've been wonderin do you still feel alone?
I need to find some kind of peace of mind
I need to find
I got a cottage with a sea view
I got a regular summer tan
I know that I deserve more but I still want you
Welcome to my Californian home, you don't have to call me you can leave when you want
There's a picture above my bed and there's a light in your eyes
I don't know but tell me coz I wanna find out do you still feel
Welcone to my California
Even though I'm no good for ya
There's a part of me still waitin for ya
(Oh oh oh)
Welcome to my happy endin
Even though it's fun pretendin I know
When I came back home from the USA
I had nothin' in my pockets and not a lot to say
Though I knew somehow we would meet real soon
But the way you've been avoidin' me
It's like I'm livin' on the moon
Here I am on this side of the stars
Livin' in California
And sometimes I get out of reach in the bars
Dreamin' about my life
And maybe one day I'll take a wife
Though I spent some time on the evil road
I've done things that I'm ashamed of
Oh man it's such a heavy load
Though I knew somehow we would meet real soon
But the way you've been avoidin' me
It's like I'm livin' on the moon
Here I am on this side of the stars
Livin' in California
And sometimes I get out of reach in the bars
Dreamin' about my life
And maybe one day I'll take a wife
Oh
I miss you girl
Your dreams are more than I can take
You are the love of my life
But I could be my biggest mistake
Ah babe my heart's turnin' like a wheel
I feel emotion for you but I just can't tell if it's real
When I came back home from the USA
I had nothin' in my pockets and not a lot to say
Though I knew somehow we would meet real soon
But the way you've been avoidin' me
It's like I'm livin' on the moon
Here I am on this side of the stars
Livin' in California
And sometimes I get out of reach in the bars
Dreamin' about my life
And maybe one day I'll take a wife
Oh ooooh baby oh I miss you girl
When I came back home from the USA
I had nothin' in my pockets and not a lot to say
Though I knew somehow we would meet real soon
But the way you've been avoidin' me
It's like I'm livin' on the moon
Here I am on this side of the stars
Livin' in California
And sometimes I get out of reach in the bars
Dreamin' about my life
And maybe one day I'll take a wife
Though I spent some time on the evil road
I've done things that I'm ashamed of
Oh man it's such a heavy load
Though I knew somehow we would meet real soon
But the way you've been avoidin' me
It's like I'm livin' on the moon
Here I am on this side of the stars
Livin' in California
And sometimes I get out of reach in the bars
Dreamin' about my life
And maybe one day I'll take a wife
I miss you girl
Your dreams are more than I can take
You are the love of my life
But I could be my biggest mistake
Ah babe my heart's turnin' like a wheel
I feel emotion for you but I just can't tell if it's real
When I came back home from the USA
I had nothin' in my pockets and not a lot to say
Though I knew somehow we would meet real soon
But the way you've been avoidin' me
It's like I'm livin' on the moon
Here I am on this side of the stars
Livin' in California
And sometimes I get out of reach in the bars
Dreamin' about my life
And maybe one day I'll take a wife
California
Onlineshop von o2 Germany
Let's go to California now
We've got to cross this great big world somehow
Don't say "no"
We must go
You're scared you'll make some big mistake, but I forgive you
This is a risk you have to take, and I'll be with you
And I'll hold you
I told you
Leave all your cares and fears behind
There should be one thing on your mind
Don't say "no"
We must go
Don't put any clothes back on
That's just how
I'll remember this day when we've gone
But right now...
That's just the weirdest thing I've ever heard
Oh but I'm ready, just say the word
And I'll hold you
I told you
Anything you want to do
I just know
That I'll want to do it too
But we must go
Anything you want to do
I just know
That I'll want to do it too
But we must go
Sitting in a park in Paris, France
Reading the news and it sure looks bad
They won't give peace a chance
That was just a dream some of us had
Still a lot are left to see
But I wouldn't want to stay here
It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here
Oh, but california
California I'm coming home
I'm going to see the folks I dig
I'll even kiss a sunset pig
California I'm coming home
I met a redneck on a Grecian isle
Who did the goat dance very well
He gave me back my smile
But he kept my camera to sell
Oh the rogue, the red red rogue
He cooked good omelettes and stews
And I might have stayed on with him there
But my heart cried out for you, California
California I'm coming home
Oh make me feel good rock'n roll band
I'm your biggest fan
California, I'm coming home
Oh it gets so lonely
When you're walking
And the streets are full of strangers
All the news of home you read
Just gives you the blues
Just gives you the blues
So I bought me a ticket
I caught a plane to Spain
Went to a party down a red dirt road
There were lots of pretty people there
Reading rolling stone, reading vogue
They said, how long can you hang around?
I said a week, maybe two,
Just until my skin turns brown
Then I'm going home to California
California I'm coming home
Will you take me as I am
Strung out on another man
California I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Yeah
Take me as I am
Will you
Looking around
At the house through her hand
Falling apart
As the walls turn to sand
She's waiting
Taking the bait
Of a beautiful escape
Wasting away
On a perfect sunny day in California
Facing the door
As she slips through a crack
She smiles in the dark
Cause she ain't coming back
She's waiting
Taking the bait
Of a beautiful escape
She's killing mistakes
On a perfect sunny day in California
Taking the bait
Of a beautiful escape
Wasting away
It's a place where the skies are blue
Not a cloud cloud in the sky to speak of
Everyone's swimming in the surf
And palm trees line the streets you walk on
Showing off your brand new fan says
Bleach blond hottie get their ditches
And walking down the Walk of Fame 'cause
Sunset Strip's where you do your business
Meet me in California
Where you can have it all, yeah
We'll be in California
The sun is shining bright
And well it starts tonight
Yeah, yeah, tonight
Can I give it a try
Going swimming in your pool, yeah
The view from the Hills is so so gorgeous
Everyone's got their brand new boards for
Day and night they walk the carpet
Meet me in California
Where you can have it all, yeah
We'll be in California
The sun is shining bright
And well it starts tonight
Yeah, yeah, tonight
Can I give it a try
Where anybody, loves everybody
And everybody, hates on nobody
Where anybody can become, come, come somebody
Yeah, you've got California dreams where
Your souls so free to do whatever
It's like totally what it seems
Coz the west is best, always forever
Meet me in California
Where you can have it all, yeah
We'll be in California
The sun is shining bright
And well it starts tonight
Yeah, yeah, tonight
Can I give it a try
Yeah, you've got California dreams
The sun is rising up in New York
It's 3am on west coast time
When you took everything
And you left me far behind
Chorus:
There's no California
That's all I heard her say
Starin at this ocean
Feels so far away
I can see the sunset
All the skies are grey
She said she loves me
But not enough to stay
Since youve been gone this house feels empty
If you were lonely why'd you leave
Did I not give you everything you need?
I can't change how the feelings will be shown
Don't blame you, you're nervous on your own
propose the worst and i'm the first in line
despite the rest, It's not a bad sign
that you mean the world to me...
and the city and my soul disagree
last time round fast, I'll see you on the way down
life's a funny thing when you can't bring yourself to face it if you want to
now i'll shake here, for your sake dear
I was raised and I was born here
I couldn't leave California if I tried to
Can't say now where I'm gonna go
When I figure it out, you'll be the first to know.
Do you understand that it's out of these hands of mine
Despite our plans I've got to draw the line
And you still mean the world to me...
the city and my soul disagree
last time round fast, I'll see you on the way down
life's a funny thing when you can't bring yourself to face it if you want to
now i'll shake here, for your sake dear
I was raised and I was born here
I couldn't leave California if I tried to...
if I tried to...
if I tried to...
if I tried to...
I can't change how feelings will be shown
I don't blame you, you're nervous on your own
propose the worst and I'm the first in line
Last time round fast
I'll see you on the way down
Life's a funny thing when you can't bring yourself to face it if you want to
now I shake here, for your sake dear
I was raised and I was born here
I couldn't leave California if I tried to
and Now I shake dear, for your sake dear
I was raised and I was born here
I could't leave California If I tried to...
*Trying to hook me up on the earpiece too
Yeah you keeping the 1st two wires or not*
I got a gig in California
Gonna make it big in California
Big lights, big dreams
It's all here for you
Everyone's a star in California
It's all about your car in California
Big rims, slim jims
Creeping up on ya
That's the way of life in California
Cali-for-ni-a
Won't you come my way
There's a place to stay in California
Now it's a funky dive, but when the guests arrive
You'll have the time of you life in California
It don't rain in California *southern*
There is always something for the pain in California
Cheap tricks, sweet chicks
Creeping up on ya
And now don't you say I didn't warn you
Cali-for-ni-a
Won't you come my way
There's a place to stay in California
Now it's a funky dive, but when the guests arrive
You'll have the time of you life in California
Ba Ba ba ba ba ba baa, do do do do do do , la la la la la la , ohhh ohh wee-ohh, ba ba ba ba ba baa-aaa aaa aaa
*The state of California (yes) consumes more water in one year (really) than Ohio*
I don't make no plans in California
Cali-for-ni-a
Won't you come my way
There's a place to stay in California
Now it's a funky dive, but when the guests arrive
You'll have the time of you life in California
I'm living it up. I'm living it up, I'm living it up in California
I'm living it up. I'm living it up, I'm living it up in California
Hey...
Baby baby won't you come my way (where)
To the state of Cali-for-ni-a (sure thing)
Baby baby when you hear me sing
There is only one way to go
And that's Cali-for-ni-a
C-A-L-I-for-ni-a
C-A-L-I-for-ni-a
And all the cell phones say brrr
You don't have to say please, just say thank you
Trust me (sure) its works
The state bird of California is a dunaughty parter coose??
The average person has one point 7 8 cars
Shame on you
And consumes many gallons of gasoline yearly
Much to much
Think about it
I will, thank you
I'm living it up, I'm living it up, I'm living it up in California
I'm living it up, I'm living it up, I'm living it up in California
You said you?d always be around
Lately I see you above the clouds
You said I?m always playing games
And nothing?s the same anymore
My, you are, you?ll always be
The girl who loves a man
The way a man should be
I can? believe what I?ve seen
?Cause I believe in you, my California girl
You remind me of all the things that were
It doesn?t matter anymore ?cause now you?re a movie star
Tell all the people that you?ve moved on
Tell them that you were loved before by me
We don?t understand each other any more
You?re always on my mind
I can? believe what I?ve seen
?Cause I believe in you, my California girl
She, she, I know she loves
Oh, she, she?s just a little crazy
?Cause you?re my, you?ll always be
You?ll always send a man away
Step all over me
Tell all the people that you?ve moved on
Tell them that you were loved before by me
We don?t understand each other any more
You?re always on my mind
Tell all the people that you?ve moved on
Tell them that you were loved before by me
We don?t understand each other any more
Life is full life is grey:
At its best it's just OK.
But I'm happy to report
Life is also short.
So I find myself back in California -
I'm a coolie for the tourists,
those happy Epicureans:
Evil spectres from my own suburban upbring.
As I reveal points of interest, I can chat so pleasantly,
But it's hard to be cheerful when you feel so hopeless
And there's no reason for this dark mood.
It will pass; it will return, but will I ever learn ?
And the children of privilege begging for my spare
change.
Do they need my assistance to purchase their intoxicants,
or would they best be served a swift kick
Put your hands up reach for the sky.
Do what I say or let the bullets fly.
Another life lost in the City of Angels.
No rest for the Wicked in the City of Angels.
Another dream dies in the City of Angels.
No mercy for the weak in the City of Angels.
Trudge through the angelic wasteland.
Pure scum between my toes.
Beacon of light beckon for me
But I choose to continue to roll.
Why oh why I ask my self again
What oh what has become of me
Angels of doom in hostile times.
Victims of our own reality.
Trapped inside.
Trapped inside a world I've sculpted without others' pain.
Built upon.
The bodies I've been compelled to slay.
Just another day in the Wild Wild West.
When push comes to shove you get put to the test.
Big dreams and palm trees cover up the crime scene, red line. No time.
Load another magazine.
No matter where I go, no matter where I stay
I always come back. CALIFORNIA
No matter where I go, no matter where I stay
I gotta get back. CALIFORNIA
Another dream dies in the City of Angels.
Where blood and money collide.
Constant fights on concrete battlefields.
Wage war on the Boulevard.
This is the hell that I call my home
And I'm home with the evil at heart.
Check check, HA HA HA.
Back again and again!
Fine, fresh, fierce, we got it on lock.
Winds of Plague.
From the block to the top.
Spin it again mother fucker.
Trapped inside, these demons break through.
Through my flesh, my blood - it runs blue
Born and raised, my birth place.
We roll in packs like a superior race.
Manifest Destiny, a joke to me.
Go back where you came from or you'll answer to me.
Cali sun, got me tan like Iraq
I first saw my baby on the Subway train
on my way home from a cue in White Plains
A pretty young thing, brown eyes and skin clean
with the poise of a queen though she was only 15
And I was 16, my mind was in a swirl,
and by the looks of this girl
I was a peasant
who did not have a chance or a prayer in the world
Just another nigga with them rasta curls
so she on the train did avoid me
Sick to her brain assumin' I would most likely be
a hustler, I said fuck it, she could never like me
or much less love
I knew she was special, never all of the above
And then I closed my eyes to envision me and her as one
on a California beach in the sun
When I opened my eyes, yo, the train ride was done
I glanced her way, only to receive nothing in return
knowing that one day I would earn
a chance with this woman trapped in a teen's body
I would play America, you could be John Gotti, I'm sayin...
[You're My Lady]
California, California
You remind me, You remind me
[You're My Lady]
California, Califonia
You remind me, You remind me
A whole year went by without seeing her once
It seemed that every day was as long as a month
And now it seemed days eternally
It's she I want, but also to be an MC is what I wanted
To earn a dollar, every other girl seemed sour
The only thing I pictured in my mind
was my California sunshine
I told my niggas in time, that girl would be mine
They called me crazy, assumin' that I was mad lazy
and lacked the monetary
assets, plus my style was not sanitary
'cause everybody knew she was fly with fitness
being witness to her once a year was cool
fuck Christmas
When I brought it up my niggas dismissed
ignoring the mockery
I kept it locked in my mind tightly
California you remind me
Yo, I didn't have my niggas behind me
but then, you were taken anyway
forcing me to postpone plan A
Cali-forn-i-ay...
Chorus
>From a distance
Analyzed my prey with persistence
comin' up with a system
it was straight, a phone call around eight
conversate for a while to find
the whole time it was a mutual attraction
and that news was old
I'm in bliss apparently she was watchin' me
and expected we to probably be
As coherent as the East Coast
and West Coast be
A B-Boy's dream, the serene
yin to my yang that was ragin'
I was amazed
this was all happenin' before a nigga got paid
And after the storm cleared from his parade
Now, there ain't such a thing as stress
She got my back, and with that
I know how it's blessed
A nigga who figured that the search wouldn't start
for another few years I would just stay apart
In love with the Triple X, Heiny and Hennessy
but now you remind me, California memory...
Written by C.G.Adams and D. Gillespie.
Too many times I've dreamt about you
Seen too many days without the sun
'Cause I know it shines all the day through
And in too many ways, I miss the sun
(background singers:)
So wait for me California
I gotta see my way to you
(Danny:)
Too many times I've my heart ache
None of those times have I felt you
So far to go, but how it's worthwhile
Just get me back where I belong
Your local mountains of love of such style
And every day is like a song
(background singers:)
So wait for me California
I gotta see my way to you
(Danny:)
I need the kind of life you give me
It makes my love for you feel true
(background singers:)
So wait for me California
I gotta see my way to you
(Danny:)
I need the kind of life you give me
It makes my love for you feel true
I open my eyes to see her face
In a daze we engaged
last night i slept about an hour
to fill her needs and desires
CHROUS:
One more night in California
One more night with you
One more night
Yah, she's alright, she's alright
One more night, one more night
In California
Ineed to catch a ride
to the south side
I grabbed a Patty and a shake
I felt the earth quake
I jumped in a cab for LAX
I flipped him a tip, Hey man!
then I split
CHORUS
I opened my eyes to see her face
CHORUS(tag)
[Verse 1]
The days are growing colder, the nights and weekends too
I'm trading in my greens and reds for different shades of you
The stars are shinning bright now, falling down like autumn leaves
Painting pictures through their golden reds pictures of you and me
Your smile says you're happy but it's cheaper then our words
And your silence speaks so clearly but I swear I'll make this work
[Chorus]
On nights, like tonight
The wind speaks to us through trees
Singing lullabies by moonlight
Your smile rocking us to sleep
[Verse 2]
The tears grow far too common, in between our eyes
The photographs we pretend to be, laughter's found in lies
And the laughter we both share seems to be our common ground
I'm treading water in our conversations just to keep my words around
The music found in silence is keeping me awake
And like the ground in California your eyes still make me shake
[Chorus]
And on days, like today
The paper's our comfort as is our pen
As we bleed our hearts, tearing gossip apart
When the wintry winds starts blowing
And the snow is starting in the fall
Then my eyes went westward knowing
That's the place that i love best of all
California i've been blue
Since i've been away from you
I can't wait 'till i get blowing
Even now i'm starting in a call
California, Here I Come
Right back where I started from
where bowers of flowers
bloom in the spring
each morning at dawning
birdies sing at everything
a sunkissed miss said, "Don't be late!"
that's why I can hardly wait
open up that golden gate
California, Here I Come
California, Here I Come (yeaaaaaah!)
Right back where I started from
where bowers of flowers
bloom in the spring
each morning at dawning
birdies sing at everything
a sunkissed miss said, "Don't be late!"
that's why I can hardly wait (come on!)
open up (open up! open up!) that golden gate
California, Here I Come
Behind the golden clock
I stepped inside through the door
Beside the lemon tree
I grow up with so many things
Oh, California
Dreaming about yesterday
It has gone
Over the sea
Oh, California
Waiting for you to come, sweet home
Still the same
The hands were making
Sweets and clothes in silence
The hands' work
How I long for their old things
Oh, California
Dreaming about yesterday
It has gone
Over the years
Oh, California
Waiting for you to come, sweet home
Sou kimi wa mou sude ni yume no naka de boku wo daiteru star
Ima subete nozomi kanau nara mazu kimi ga boku wo utsu I call
Oh, California
Dreaming about yesterday
It has gone
Over the sea
Oh, California
Waiting for you to come, sweet home
On a lonely day
I look out on the freeway
I can, fantasize 'bout the car I drive
Don't leave the light on
I can find my way
It's been so long now I have to say...
I'm goin'ta california
gonna live the life
sipping on tequila night after night
dreaming of the moment when everything looks right
a little bit of love goes a long way tonight
I'm on my way (I'm on my way)
Heading for the sun
that's where I'll stay
I'm never going back home
do you ever fell like
you need a change
hang out where no one knows your name
I'm goin'ta california
gonna live the life
sipping on tequila night after night
dreaming of the moment when everything looks right
a little bit of love goes a long way tonight
would you like to meet me there?
We'll be dancing on the sand (dancing on the sand)
These days will never win
cause the world goes on and on
On a lonely day
I look out on the freeway
I can, fantasize 'bout the car I drive
Don't leave the light on
I can find my way
It's been so long now I have to say,It's been so long now I have to say...
I'm goin'ta california
gonna live the life
sipping on tequila night after night
dreaming of the moment when everything looks right
a little bit of love goes a long way tonight
a little bit of love
goes a long way tonight
oh yeah
California
California
California
good bye
Let's go down to California
listen girl
I wanna warn you
AII the guys and girls are doing things
We should have thought of long ago
wo wo wo wo
California hear me calling
late at night or early morning
You've got all the answers to the questions
And the things I'd like to know
California
California
Going to California
going to California
going to California.
California
California
California
good bye
Let's go down to California
you won't ever catch pneumonia
California sunshine king
of good old westcoast
surfing USA
Hey
hey
hey
hey
California
I ain't greaving
I can laugh 'cause I ain't leaving
Every time I wake up it's a cloudless sky
another sunny day
California
California
Going to California
going to California
going to California.
California
California
California
good bye
Let's go down to California
reason why I telephoned ya.
I just had enough of New York City
New York City had to go
wo wo wo wo
California hear me calling
late at night or early morning
You're the one that puts a smile upon my face
Whenever I am low.
California
California
California
I keep talkin' (shhhh)
Ya know I'm running my mouth
Again,
Baby, yeah
I can't avoid it
I just exploit it
Again my mouth is running me
Hey now dorthy
I thought you had ruby reds
That was the story that ya fed to me
Elaborated
Mis-communicated
Some yellow brick fantasy
Oh make me believe
That the girl
Was a dream
Someone wake me up
Hey now Dorthy
We ain't in Kansas no more
Please somebody come rescue me
(Arghahrh) you wicked witch melt already
Contain this fucking dog please Dorthy
I keep talkin' (shhh)
Your scarecrow is your tin man
He'll find his brain eventually, yeah
Just oil him up and
He'll do a little number
That heart will never beat again, no
Let's try to listen with our ears, California
Let go of crossing arms and follow the leader
Let's try to close our eyes to see, California
Look into the soul, you'll see there that faith is blind
Let's try to listen with our ears, California
Let go of crossing arms and follow the leader
Let's try to close our eyes to see, California
Look into the soul, you'll see there that make me
Believe
That the girl
Is a dream
Someone make me
Believe
That the world
Is a dream
Someone make me
Believe
That the girl
Is a dream
Someone wake me up
Let's try to listen with our ears, California
(Let's try to listen with our ears, California...)
Let go of crossing arms and follow the leader
(Let go of crossing arms and follow the leader...)
Let's try to close our eyes to see, California
(Let's try to close our eyes to see, California...)
Look into the soul,
You'll see there that faith is blind
Let's try to listen with our ears, California
Let go of crossing arms and follow the leader
Let's try to close our eyes to see, California
Look into the soul, you'll see there that make me
Believe
That the girl
Is a dream
Someone make me
Believe
That the world
Was a dream
Someone make me
Believe
That girl
Was a dream
Someone wake me up
I keep talkin' shit
Ya know I'm running my mouth
Again,
Baby, yeah
I can't avoid it
Oh no!
And that you better believe
cAliforniA
surreAl fAntAsize hypocrite publicize
in cAliforniA
things Aren't the sAme here in cAliforniA
it tAkes seven yeArs
If I strum chords,
Would you sing a song with me
If I leave town,
Would you leave along with me
We can fly away to outer space
We can find a way to leave this place
We don't need a map
And you can throw your phone away
We don't wanna hear the things we know their gonna say
You don't trust yourself
But girl, trust me
Don't look in the mirror
The past, you don't wanna see
What do you say we leave for California
If we drive all night,
We can make it by the morning
And no one has to know if we decide to go
What do you say we leave for California
If we leave our friends then we can be together
We can leave this town if only for the weather
I could drive
And you could sleep
While the radio collides with the sounds of our heartbeats
What do you say we leave for California
If we drive all night,
We can make it by the morning
And no one has to know if we decide to go
What do you say we leave for California
What do you say we leave for California
If we drive all night,
We can make it by the morning
And no one has to know if we decide to go
What do you say we leave for California
Hypnotised by the carbon monoxide
Would turning back be a good idea
Your cigarette after cigarette
Cannot help to calm your fear
Now I'm still driving
Just keep sleeping
We'll keep moving
But I'm not leaving
No Im not leaving
What do you say we leave for California
If we drive all night,
We can make it by the morning
And no one has to know if we decide to go
What do you say we leave for California
What do you say we leave for California
If we drive all night,
We can make it by the morning
And no one has to know if we decide to go
VERSE 1
I left Shannon, crying in Nashville
She was the best that I’ve had
She needed so much, more than I could give
That still makes me sad
CHORUS
But California’s in my headlights
It’s been so long since I’ve seen stars in the sky
So far, I ain’t got it right, but this time I just might
VERSE 2
I miss this desert, most in the spring time
I miss a girl I still love
I’ve missed so many, once in a lifetimes
And sometimes that gets tough
Yeah and sometimes that’s still tough
CHORUS
But California’s in my headlights
It’s been so long since I’ve seen stars in the sky
So far, I ain’t got it right, but this time I just might
In California
BRIDGE
Oh baby, you should run
And I should warn you
Hey baby, I still miss some one
I met him on my birthday
He was a present to me from the stars
They all said "Happy Birthday, girl"
Then they tore my world apart.
They put me on the east side
And they left him in L.A.
The distance grew between us
And we broke up yesterday
But if I cry myself a river, I can swim back to my sweet California
Give me a
C - A - L - I
I never knew I could feel like that
F - O - R - N
Anyone could tell you that I've got it bad
I - A, I - A,
I ain't going down this way
I'm gonna cry myself a river so I can swim back to my sweet California
They're telling me I cry too much
That I could fill every bath and sink
In this city I got stuck in
With its tragic symphonies
They warned me not to get attached
But they got to me way too late
'Cause I'm thinking of him constantly-
Every moment I'm awake
But if I cry myself a river, then I can swim back to my sweet California
Give me a
C - A - L - I
I never knew I could feel like that
F - O - R - N
Anyone could tell you that I got it bad
I - A, I - A,
I ain't going down this way
I'm gonna cry myself a river, then I can swim back to my sweet California
Cold water bring me back to my senses
Cold water, let me drown in him
Cold water, bring me back to my senses
Cold water, bring me back to him
Oh give me a
C - A - L - I
I never knew I could feel like that
F - O - R - N
Anyone could tell you that I got it bad
I - A, I - A,
I ain't going down this way
free ride, sea side
tell me what they're doing in california
in the moonlight is so bright
tell me what they're doing in california
singing ah ah ah la la la
where's that sunhat
pack it for the weather in california
and the streelights run all night.
tell me what they're doing in california
can we go there this summer i'll wear a flower in my
hair
if we go there this summer i'll walk right to that
summer
can we go there this summer?
ah ah ah la la la
where's my sunshine
all are free and friendly in california
in the moonlight, it don't feel right
ah la la la
tell me what they're doing in california
can we go there this summer?
i'll wear a flower in my hair
if we go there this summer
i'll walk right to that summer
can we go there this summer?
can we go there this summer?
i'll wear a flower in my hair
if we go there this summer,
i'll walk right to that summer
i'll waltz right though 'cause i don't care
I met her while in France
We had a brief romance
She rubbed my arm
I rubbed her arm
Then we dirty danced
She moved down to L.A.
She met a dude o.k.
He sawed her head off with a knife
Now she's gone away
Hid away
Hid away
Hid away
Went away
California's nice
It snowed there once or twice
Bullets fly across the sky
The path is smooth and tight
I caught one at the bus stop
I said hey man I've been shot
I felt the warm blood rolling down
Now it's gone away
Hid away
Hid away
Hid away
I met her while in France
We had a brief romance
She rubbed my arm
I rubbed her arm
Then we dirty danced
She moved down to L.A.
She met a dude o.k.
He sawed her head off with a knife
Now she's gone away
Hid away
Hid away
The sun wakes me on devil's morning- his
Arms stretched over the town- to make a
Red sky, month of July- and you are
Gorgeous, the dust you ingest you die
Broke my link, my ideal
Now their eyes, like their lies
Move on quick, like a suicide
Summer prays that she could be rain
As the car crash left you for the blame
And nightfall brought your demons and evil arcade
She is the famine, I'm California
He is Dakota, I'm California
I can't be lying in California
Well where's your Christian name, California
The sunset was the devil's warning and it's
Siren was louder than love and it
Sounds so pretty and sweet that you
Fell down the leaves of a cherry tree
Something born in my brain
Bleeding silver and rain
Summer prays that she could be rain
As the car crash left you for the blame
And nightfall was a shock so you closed your eyes
A fever breaks out through the lies
And I'm gone cause I felt the curse of the sun
She is the famine, I'm California
He is Dakota, I'm California
I can't be lying in California
There's lots of sugar in California
He is beautiful and a whore
And he'll die with you on the floor
Sounds like sugar into your ear
And his spiderweb caught your tear
I noticed he's writing his name in your hand
I noticed...
Summer prays that she could be rain
As the car crash left you for the blame
And nightfall brought your demons and evil arcade (California)
She is the famine, I'm California
He is Dakota, I'm California
I can't be lying in California
Just a voice on the telephone
You seem so far away
Talking broken dreams
And broken guitar strings
Don't got too much to say
You spend most nights
At the boardwalk
Just staring out at the sea
Drowning in the lights of Los Angeles
Thinking about the way
Things used to be
Girl won't you go back home
California is no place to be alone
Took out west some years ago
Was just too big for that town
Hell I got that roaming in me too
Never known to stay around
It's just another night in Hollywood
Just another night alone
Thinking about things
And what you'd change
Knowing that the chance
Is fucking gone
Such a sweet young thing
How long will it be
Blinded by those stage lights
Honey can't you see
Girl won't you go back home
California is no place to be alone
Girl won't you go back home
Not gonna make, not gonna make
you sang a song as you packed up your bags
a summer solstice lullaby
i succumb to cliche sentiments but forget the lines
i turn on the phonograph to drown you out with retrospective whines
all the leaves are brown
and the sky is grey
promise not to cry as you walk away
drinking tons of caffeine makes my heart beat fast
seeing you can do the same
i try in vain to sing your song
but my melody is wrong, it's sounds so...
all the leaves are brown
and the sky is grey
(give it up for california)
peel the stucco off
toss it in the bay
(dust...desert...Denny's...sand)
solve the puzzle just throw it all away
(sun...traffic...plastic...tan)
Uh, dreaming of you, uuuuuh,
California.
Mmh yeah, uh ooh,
Umh, ah, uh yeah, uh California.
California,
I'm dreaming of you,
California,
What should I do,
California,
Waiting for me,
California,
You get what you see.
I'll be cruisin' on Long Beach,
Ih yah ih oh,
I see Caddilacs and cars,
Ih yah ih oh,
We are going out to Hollywood,
I yah ih oh,
Cool cash and dollars,
All you need to know.
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A..
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A..
California,
Calling your name,
California,
Wanna see you again,
California,
Open your door,
California,
I'll be back for more.
I'll be cruisin' on Long Beach,
Ih yah ih oh,
I see caddilacs and cars,
Ih yah ih oh,
We are going out to Hollywood,
I yah ih oh,
Cool cash and dollars,
All you need to know.
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A..
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A..
Mmmmh
Oh yeah
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A.. (Oh yeah)
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
Everybody's surfing down by L.A.. (oooh)
California's got the sunshine, year round, cheap wine
Fresh waves / Hot babes, Lather on the sunscreen
Warm days, Cool nights, Everything is just right
Soft Sand, last tan, sleepin' on the rooftop
California, California...he said I ain't never leaving you
California's got the girl I love, the mountain's rising up above
The beach scene, so clean, parties raging every night
The clean air, millionaire, breathtaking swimwear
Fake boobs, boob tube, something's always going on
California, California...he said I ain't never leaving you.
California's got the earthquake, mudslides keep awake
big sharks, homeless parks, traffic jams round the clock
No rain, insane, all the kids on cocaine
Crap luck, dumb struck, man i think i love this place
When i get drinking, man i'm always thinking that...
my states better than your states,
better than my states, better than all the states put together
California's got the porn stars, strip clubs, wild fires
Hot bods, street rods, everybody's packing heat
The wet sand, rock band, out to get a nice tan
tan lines, parking fines, gotta do what you can
California's got the nudist beach, freak shows for the world to see
Height Street, bare feet, Democrats, they own this state
Divorce rate, sounds great, unless you've got yourself a mate
rocks stars, cool bars, come once you're never far from
California, California...he said I ain't never leaving you.
California's got the earthquake, mudslides keep awake
big sharks, homeless parks, traffic jams round the clock
No rain, insane, all the kids on cocaine
Crap luck, dumb struck, man i gotta ditch this place
When he get's drinking, man he's always thinking that...
my states better than your states,
Don’t tell me how to believe
I know it takes a little time
And all I’m doing is trying to get by
But it’s killing me just to try
Feel like I am wasting my life
And I don’t wanna give up
What if I’m not strong enough
Don’t wanna be what I’m not
But I’m giving all I got
Cali how was I supposed to know
If this is really it why do I feel like letting go
Cali I thought I knew I was gonna be
I was ready to show them all
Why do I feel like I’m not me
Why do I feel like I’m not me
But I knew every word
Man I had it all down
There was nothing I forgot to say
How did it all turn around
And why did nothing go my own way
Cali how was I supposed to know
If this is really it why do I feel like letting go
Cali I thought I knew I was gonna be
I was ready to show them all
Why do I feel like I’m not me
Why do I feel like I’m not me
And you were some kind of a dream
Was it all a fantasy was it really meant to be
And they all said this was the real deal
Now how am I supposed to feel
Cali how was I supposed to know
If this is really it why do I feel like letting go
Cali I thought I knew I was gonna be
I was ready to show them all
Why do I feel like I’m not me
Why do I feel like I’m not me
We've been on the run
Driving in the sun
Looking out for #1
California here we come
Right back where we started from
Hustlers grab your guns
Your shadow weighs a ton
Driving down the 101
California here we come
Right back where we started from
California!
Here we come!
On the stereo
Listen as we go
Nothing's gonna stop me now
California here we come
Right back where we started from
Pedal to the floor
Thinkin' of the roar
Gotta get us to the shore
California here we come
Right back where we started from
California!
Here we come!
Okay, this guy walks into a bar...
No, I'm just, I'm just fuckin' with you. I'm kiddin'.
Na, there's this, this young bull and this old bull
and they're standin' on top of a hill.
And I tried to tell you before that that's why I left California.
So they're standin' on top of this hill, right?
And they're looking out over a pasture full of cows.
Whole fuckin' pasture.
And the young bull turns to the old bull and he goes,
"I got this really good idea."
And the old bull's like, "Yeah?"
And I tried to tell you before that that's why I left California.
"Hey," he's, he's like "Yeah. Yeah I got this really good idea.
Let's run down that hill and fuck one o' those cows."
And the old bull just looks at him. You know, he's just lookin' at him,
he's like, "Look, I got a better idea."
The young bull's like, "Oh yeah? What's your fuckin' brilliant idea?"
And the old bull goes...
And I tried to tell you before that that's why I left California.
And the old bull goes, "Let's walk down that hill
and fuck all o' those cows. Dig?"
You know like he ain't been in town long or something, I don't know.
And I tried to tell you before that that's why I left California.
I’m gonna ride in a big jet plane
And you won’t see me around here no more
The morning drive is never easy
It’s always the same
And I don’t want to be the one who closes my door
Cause I don’t beat around
I got jumped for no reason
It wasn’t safe for me anymore
That’s why
I’m gonna live in California
I wanna fly in a plastic Chevrolet
Racing cars
See some stars
Just a few famous names
Life on Mars is just as hard
It could be all the same
Let’s say goodbye to Nelly Ollson
And make other plans
I’m not going to stick around
I got jumped for no reason
It wasn’t safe for me anymore
That’s why
I’m gonna live in California
I’m gonna live in California
California
California
No I don’t need anyone
No I don’t need anyone
No I don’t need anyone
I got jumped for no reason
It wasn’t safe for me anymore
That’s why
I’m gonna live in California
I got jumped for no reason
It wasn’t safe for me anymore
That’s why
I’m gonna live in California
California
Uh, dreaming of you, uuuuuh,
California.
Mmh yeah, uh ooh,
Umh, ah, uh yeah, uh california.
California,
I’m dreaming of you,
California,
What should I do,
California,
Waiting for me,
California,
You get what you see.
I’ll be cruisin’ on Long Beach,
Ih yah ih oh,
I see caddilacs and cars,
Ih yah ih oh,
We are going out to Hollywood,
I yah ih oh,
Cool cash and dollars,
All you need to know.
California summer holiday,
Everybody’s surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
Everybody’s surfing down by L.A..
California summer holiday,
Everybody’s surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
Everybody’s surfing down by L.A..
California,
Calling your name,
California,
Wanna see you again,
California,
Open your door,
California,
I’ll be back for more.
I’ll be cruisin’ on Long Beach,
Ih yah ih oh,
I see caddilacs and cars,
Ih yah ih oh,
We are going out to Hollywood,
I yah ih oh,
Cool cash and dollars,
All you need to know.
California summer holiday,
Everybody’s surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
Everybody’s surfing down by L.A..
California summer holiday,
Everybody’s surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
Everybody’s surfing down by L.A..
Mmmmh
Oh yeah
California summer holiday,
Everybody’s surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
Everybody’s surfing down by L.A.. (Oh yeah)
California summer holiday,
Everybody’s surfing down by L.A.,
California summer holiday,
(Hills 3:13)
I'm gonna ride in a big jet plane
And you won't see me around here no more
The morning drive is never easy
It's always the same
And I don't want to be the one who closes my door
Cause I don't beat around
I got jumped for no reason
It wasn't safe for me anymore
That's why
I'm gonna live in California
I wanna fly in a plastic Chevrolet
Racing cars
See some stars
Just a few famous names
Life on Mars is just as hard
It could be all the same
Let's say goodbye to Nelly Ollson
And make other plans
I'm not going to stick around
I got jumped for no reason
It wasn't safe for me anymore
That's why
I'm gonna live in California
I'm gonna live in California
California
California
No I don't need anyone
No I don't need anyone
No I don't need anyone
I got jumped for no reason
It wasn't safe for me anymore
That's why
I'm gonna live in California
I got jumped for no reason
It wasn't safe for me anymore
That's why
I'm gonna live in California
California
California
I'm going to California
turn the corner turn the key
unlock the secret garden
and throw away the key
Don't care how long it takes me
don't care what I have to do
crawl across the great divide
just to get back to you
My God, how did it come to this
wallowing in my own pit
some birds that sing had to sacrifice
their wings
can you save me
save me from myself
I'm going to California
let the sun melt down my heart
there'll be no fighting crying
no more stumbling in the dark
and when all of the king's horses
and all of the king's men
come to visit me in California
well, I'll gladly let them in
My God, how did it come to this
wallowing in my own pit
some birds that sing had to sacrifice
their wings
can you save me
can you save me
can you save me
save me from myself
I'm going to California
turn the corner turn the key
unlock the secret garden
I don?t want to leave this time
Feel the pressure exploding in my head
See the guilt resting in my eyes
I never wanted to leave you when you needed me
Leave you when you needed me
I?m doing the best I can now to leave the rest behind
And I think that I?m drowning
In the warm California sun
And I?ve never felt so alone before
Got to find a way to get back home
The empty shade of blue
A cruel reminder in this now
Reveals a pain in you
I never wanted to leave you when you needed me
Leave you when you needed me
I?m doing the best I can now to leave the rest behind
And I think that I?m drowning
In the warm California sun
And I?ve never felt so alone before
Got to find a way to get back home
And I think that I?m drowning
In the warm California sun
And I think that I?m drowning
Got to find a way to get back home
There?s no one here that understands me
I need the love of my family to keep going on
And I think that I?m drowning
In the warm California sun
And I?ve never felt so alone before
Got to find a way to get back home
And I think that I?m drowning
In the warm California sun
And I think that I?m drowning
Got to find a way to get back home
Got to find a way to get back home
Got to find a way to get back home
I think I?m drowning
I was only seventeen when I first met you
And you were always wilder than me
But I still loved you
But you said I had to watch all the seasons change before I knew
You said you had a dream and you had to find it
You always wanted a girl like me but this wasn't how you timed it
Boy meets girl they fall in love
Boy leaves for the city lights and she's crying
But I ain't crying
(Chorus)
It's been four weeks twenty-eight days
Since you went away
I know you'll be back someday
From California
And I'll be the barefoot blonde
Sliver rings and blue jeans on
Standing out there with the dog
Just waiting for you
From California
You sent me Malibu on the back of a post card
Sure looks pretty out there
But you sound lonesome
I volunteered at the county fair
They got me painting daisies on the babies cheeks
Now ain't that sweet
(Repeat Chorus)
You got a job playing guitar
Well that don't surprise me
I always thought you were a star
But I'm glad you miss me
now kids I gotta warn ya
'cause I've been to california
where they've got a new religion
and they'd love for you to give in
well I'm here to say that we'll seize the day
we're still here to stay
we'll never fade away
well I don't wanna bore ya
but I've been to california
where everybody's reachin'
for somethin' to believe in
waiting for the day that we'll rise away
still here to stay
we'll never fade away
so say I didn't warn ya
'bout southern california
where they got a new affliction
and it hangs like an addiction
I know the sign and theres no attraction
dont waste your fine chemical reaction
Im not the one
Save it, leave it,
Its the end of the century
theres so much, too much
theres nothing to say,
and if you fall for the western ocean,
dont be shy its the best emotion,
under the sun ..
under the sun...
california, where going to california ,aahhhh ahhhh
i want to fly away,
i want to fly away,
Have you been to California
Seen the sights and people there
Walked the streets of sleepy sea towns
Tasted salty ocean air
Once I flew to New York City
Took my picture in Time Square
Soho nights and Broadway lights
Such a pity you weren't there
Pack your bags and lock your door
I'll take you places you've not been before
All I've ever wished to do is
Travel through this life with you
Make your way to London, England
Paris, France is also nice
Ooh la la, when people say hello
They kiss your cheeks three times
Pack your bags and lock your door
I'll take you places you've not been before
All I've ever wished to do is
Travel through this life with you
Monte Carlo is awaiting
Bombay intoxicating
The sky in Bora Bora is
The color of your eyes
Pack your bags and lock your door
I'll take you places you've not been before
All I've ever wished to do is
there's a buzz hanging over my head
from my broken neon halo
like a movie that I slept through
I just don't get the point
but if I get to california
before I lose my mind
I'll lay my burden on you
for one last time
most nights I just lay and wonder
how I ever let it get this far
becouse most nights I don't even love you
the way I did the night teat came before
although my head it is so heavy
my mouth is filled with dirt
and my heart it burns with envy
CALIFORNIA
I ain’t the person I’m supposed to be he said to all of his friends
It wasn’t that I wasn’t born like me it’s just that’s where similarity ends
And he took on a different style of life he thought required for
The new identity he made disregarding all that went before
So he packed his bags and went where dreams made up the air
So he could breathe the thoughts that he could never share
And it makes me wish that you were still here with me
But I know that this is where you should be
Won’t you tell California I got more time on my hands
Won’t you leave a little stardust to make me feel at home
Take a little inside out to the cold with me
So when I step outside it’s warm
Leave a little of you here till I’m old with me
You’re face’ll never change from the picture on my soul
You’re face’ll never change from the picture on my soul
And he slowly faded out of sight and out of mind
Leaving friends imagining alone what he would find
And this is my way of saying that it’s all alright
Cos I know that I won’t see you for a long long while
Won’t you tell California I got more time on my hands
Won’t you leave a little stardust to make me feel at home
Take a little inside out to the cold with me
So when I step outside it’s warm
Leave a little of you here till I’m old with me
You’re face’ll never change from the picture on my soul
I was just a boy in love, and you were a girl head over heels
All those days never lasted long enough
And all those nights were filled with cigaretes and sex appeal
Take my hands, and we can never come back to this town
Where it's always winter, and your so-called friends always bring you
down
Because you don't belong here, you were born to be so much more than
this
Don't waste another day in a town that doesn't know you exist
Let's run away to California
Nothing to lose but a string on a guitar
Nothing to hold us back now, we've got a trip to take
Let's live the dream in California
And make them all proud that we got this far
Nothing to head back to, so head for the golden state
(Let's run away to California, where everybody was born to be a star)
I was just a boy with a crush, and you were a girl who felt the same
And we were just a couple of kids in a city that would never know our
name
And I know it's hard to just pack your things and so goodbye
When this is all you've ever known, but I swear it's brighter on the other
side
So please come with me and let's start a brand new life
Move to California and everything's gonna be alright
Let's run away to California
Nothing to lose but a string on a guitar
Nothing to hold us back now, we've got a trip to take
Let's live the dream in California
And make them all proud that we got this far
Nothing to head back to, so head for the golden state
Whoa, California
top off the ride
we could cruise around
listen to the sounds till the sun goes down
starin at my window at you
am i the same without you
and i ain't the same without you
can't even do my thing without
so gone to the one that i love
and i remember how it was
i wish i could be back there cuz
i wanna be there where i can
take a
top off the ride
we can cruise around
listen to the sounds till the sun goes down
there's a party goin on in every
corner
that's why i gotta be in california
we can take a top off the ride
we can hit the shore
we can hit sunset(we can hit
the stars)there's a party goin on in every corner
that's why i gotta be in california
starin at my window at you
am i the same without you
but life aint the same without you
cuz i know that it'll be too
long
before i see you
tears for my eyes cry to
tears for my eyes cry blue
i love it when the breeze comes through
so as soon
as i get back
im gonna take a
top off the ride
we can cruise around
listen to the sounds till the sun goes down
there's a party goin on in every
corner
that's why i gotta be in california
we can take a top off the ride
we can hit the shore
we can hit sunset (we can hit the stars)
there's a party goin on in every corner
There's something pure about this feeling
That neither you or I can explain
The simplicity of never leaving
And conversations go unsaid
Life is never what you plan
So I think that you should move to California
When the streets are lit, the sky is too (ooh ooh ooh)
Cause where you are isn't where you need to be
When you listen, can you hear her calling you?
Yeah in California, skies are always blue
Back and forth a summer's dance
Isn't right without you here
But the elegance of this romance
Is that you know, I know, we know, that it's real
Love isn't always against our odds
So I think that you should move to California
When the streets are lit, the sky is too (ooh ooh ooh)
Cause where you are isn't where you need to be
When you listen, can you hear her calling you?
Yeah in California, skies are always blue
Cause where you are isn't where you need to be
In California you'll be here with me
So I think that you should move to California
When the streets are lit, the sky is too (ooh ooh ooh)
Cause where you are isn't where you need to be
When you listen, can you hear her calling you?
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