Sittin' in the
park in Paris
Friends
Bring the news and
it sure looks bad
They won't give
peace a chance
It was just a dream
some of us had
Still remains
to see
But I wouldn't want
to stay here
It's too old and
cold and settled in
it's ways here
Oh but California
California
coming home
I'm gonna see
the folks I dig
I'll even kiss
the sunset pink
California
coming home...
Met a red neck
on a Grecian Isle
We 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
California
Oh make me
feel good
rock 'n' roll band
I'm your
biggest fan
California I'm
coming home...
Oh it gets
so... lone...ly
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?
Hmm.. hmm...
Take me
as I am?....