I got off the airplane 'long about 7:30 in L.A.
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What a drag to realize that everything's so different and so same
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All my California friends are searchin' for their minds and it's been right there in their heads all the time
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L.A. Blues, L.A. Blues
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You want me to be like you
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Well, there ain't no way
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California Charlie met me at my room when I got in
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We toasted country pickin' and the health of all our good and mutual friends
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Before the mornin' came we put a handle on the world and decided that we'd give it to the squirrels
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Soakin' up that sunshine an' eatin' eggs and bacon over light
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Sleepin' through the daytime an' contemplatin' sin throughout the night
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Please hand me my hat and darlin' give me back my things Ol' T's got a bunch o' songs to sing
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I like California, I wouldn't put it down-- no way
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But I heard what you're thinkin' and it ain't exactly what I want to say
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Some day California I'll come roarin' back to you if you don't fall in the ocean 'fore I do
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(Chorus)
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L.A. Blues
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| Tom T. Hall |
