Sitting in a park in Paris, France
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Reading the news and it sure looks bad
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They won't give peace a chance
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That was just a dream some of us had
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Still a lot are left to see
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But I wouldn't want to stay here
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It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here
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Oh, but california
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California I'm coming home
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I'm going to see the folks I dig
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I'll even kiss a sunset pig
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California I'm coming home
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I met a redneck on a Grecian isle
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Who did the goat dance very well
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He gave me back my smile
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But he kept my camera to sell
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Oh the rogue, the red red rogue
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He cooked good omelettes and stews
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And I might have stayed on with him there
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But my heart cried out for you, California
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California I'm coming home
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Oh make me feel good rock'n roll band
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I'm your biggest fan
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California, I'm coming home
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[Chorus:]
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Oh it gets so lonely
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When you're walking
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And the streets are full of strangers
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All the news of home you read
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Just gives you the blues
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Just gives you the blues
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So I bought me a ticket
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I caught a plane to Spain
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Went to a party down a red dirt road
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There were lots of pretty people there
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Reading rolling stone, reading vogue
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They said, how long can you hang around?
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I said a week, maybe two,
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Just until my skin turns brown
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Then I'm going home to California
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California I'm coming home
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Will you take me as I am
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Strung out on another man
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California I'm coming home
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I'm coming home
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I'm coming home
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I'm coming home
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Yeah
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Take me as I am
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Will you
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Will you
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California
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| Wilson Phillips |
