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California

Joni Mitchell
1996-10-293:32 minSynced lyrics

"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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