Joni Mitchell - California Lyrics
Sitting in a park in paris, franceReading the news and it sure looks badThey wont give peace a chanceThat was just a dream some of us hadStill a lot of lands to seeBut I wouldnt want to stay hereIts too old and cold and settled in its ways hereOh, but californiaCalifornia Im coming homeIm going to see the folks I digIll even kiss a sunset pigCalifornia Im coming homeI met a redneck on a grecian isleWho did the goat dance very wellHe gave me back my smileBut he kept my camera to sellOh the rogue, the red red rogueHe cooked good omelettes and stewsAnd I might have stayed on with him thereBut my heart cried out for you, californiaOh california Im coming homeOh make me feel good rockn roll bandIm your biggest fanCalifornia, Im coming homeChorus:Oh it gets so lonelyWhen youre walkingAnd the streets are full of strangersAll the news of home you readJust gives you the bluesJust gives you the bluesSo I bought me a ticketI caught a plane to spainWent to a party down a red dirt roadThere were lots of pretty people thereReading rolling stone, reading vogueThey said, how long can you hang around?I said a week, maybe two,Just until my skin turns brownThen Im going home to californiaCalifornia Im coming homeOh will you take me as I amStrung out on another manCalifornia Im coming homeChorus:Oh it gets so lonelyWhen youre walkingAnd the streets are full of strangersAll the news of home you readMore about the warAnd the bloody changesOh will you take me as l am?Will you take me as l am?Will you?
