[ti:California]
[ar:Joey Ryan]
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[00:29.23]California, California
[00:31.27]Know I love you, California
[00:33.24]When I leave I know you wait for me
[00:36.81]In the sun and in the weather no one else has loved me better
[00:41.22]California you're the place for me
[00:48.14]Los Angeles, Los Angeles
[00:50.25]My heart goes out to you and if
[00:52.18]I make it back I'd love to drive around
[00:55.99]Your streets are wide and dirty
[00:57.79]You have raised me in a hurry
[00:59.75]You're the city of the angels yes indeed
[01:04.24]San Francisco, San Francisco
[01:06.22]Always busy, you're always pretty
[01:08.24]I can see you just across the bay
[01:11.98]Your red bridge over the sea keeps me safe and warm and free
[01:16.21]On a clear day, theres no place I'd rather be
[01:20.22]In the mountains, in the mountains
[01:22.20]No one knows you like I do
[01:24.18]In summer streams or knee deep in the snow
[01:27.91]Just like the giving tree you have made a man of me
[01:32.18]Everyone needs someplace beautiful
[01:35.51]I think everyone needs someplace beautiful
[01:40.26]California, California
[01:42.23]Know I love you, California
[01:44.23]When I leave I know you wait for me
[01:47.76]In the sun and in the weather no one else has loved me better
[01:52.20]California you're the place for me
[01:59.18]In the valley, in the valley
[02:01.30]Give me life and cradle me
[02:03.17]The sun is setting as I drive ahead
[02:07.15]Keep us and sustain us
[02:08.73]Give us food and love and I trust
[02:11.19]That without you we'd all soon be dead
[02:15.17]In the forest, all the trees
[02:17.00]You make a little child of me
[02:19.23]How I long to know what you have seen
[02:22.80]All the people who are gone
[02:24.82]All the ones who once were strong
[02:27.31]Oh won't you keep their fate from claiming me
[02:31.22]In the ocean, in the sea
[02:33.19]We have seen eternity
[02:35.22]How can I tell when you really end
[02:38.75]I'll imagine that you lead to other worlds entirely
[02:43.25]Where we can save ourselves and start again
[02:46.49]Yes we need to save ourselves and start again
[02:51.16]California, California
[02:53.25]Know I love you, California
[02:55.28]When I leave I know you wait for me
[02:58.78]In the sun and in the weather no one else has loved me better
[03:03.24]California you're the place for me
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[03:26.22]Nurse me like a mother
[03:27.69]Raise me strong just like my father
[03:30.02]Let me wander off, discover who I am
[03:33.73]I'll have learned your deepest lessons gathered up your finest blessings
[03:38.07]Return to California once again
[03:41.52]I'll come home to California once again
[03:46.19]California, California
[03:48.27]Know I love you, California
[03:50.28]When I leave I know you wait for me
[03:53.79]Cause in the sun and in the weather
[03:55.71]No one else has loved me better
[03:58.19]California you're the place for me
[04:02.20]California you're the place for me
[04:05.73]California won't you save a place for me
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