California
Joni Mitchell"California" is a song by Joni Mitchell, released in 1996 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:32 long and contains 55 lines and 336 words.
Lyrics
0:11Sitting in a park in Paris France
0:13Reading the news and it sure looks bad
0:16They won't give peace a chance
0:18That was just a dream some of us had
0:21Still a lot of lands to see
0:23But I wouldn't want to stay here
0:25It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here
0:30Oh but California
0:33California I'm coming home
0:38I'm going to see the folks I dig
0:41I'll even kiss a Sunset pig
0:44California I'm coming home
0:54I met a redneck on a Grecian isle
0:57Who did the goat dance very well
0:59He gave me back my smile
1:01But he kept my camera to sell
1:03Oh the rogue the red red rogue
1:06He cooked good omelettes and stews
1:07And I might have stayed on with him there
1:09But my heart cried out for you California
1:16Oh California I'm coming home
1:21Oh make me feel good rock'n roll band
1:24I'm your biggest fan
1:25California I'm coming home
1:35Oh it gets so lonely
1:40When you're walking
1:42And the streets are full of strangers
1:45All the news of home you read
1:50Just gives you the blues
1:55Just gives you the blues
2:09So I bought me a ticket
2:10I caught a plane to Spain
2:12Went to a party down a red dirt road
2:14There were lots of pretty people there
2:16Reading Rolling Stone reading Vogue
2:19They said "How long can you hang around "
2:21I said "a week maybe two
2:23Just until my skin turns brown
2:25Then I'm going home to California"
2:31California I'm coming home
2:36Oh will you take me as I am
2:39Strung out on another man
2:41California I'm coming home
2:51Oh it gets so lonely
2:55When you're walking
2:57And the streets are full of strangers
3:00All the news of home you read
3:05More about the war
3:07And the bloody changes
3:10Oh will you take me as I am
3:14Will you take me as I am
3:16Will you
3:18Will you take me as I am
3:28Take me as I am
3:32Take me as I am
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 of lands 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 Oh 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 Oh will you take me as I am Strung out on another man 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 More about the war And the bloody changes Oh will you take me as I am Will you take me as I am Will you Will you take me as I am Take me as I am Take me as I am
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