I thought I'd never reach the water
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I had to cross the desert and the great divide
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Drinking only golden promises
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And white lines in my eyes
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And all the sons and daughters
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Followed all the signs to paradise
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Believing only dreams and promises
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With starlight in their eyes
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Oh California
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Yeah, it's the one big love that you cannot end
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Oh California
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Well, it's not like before but we can still pretend
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I was swimming in freezing water
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I could hear the music from the other side
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I looked up and I saw my father
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Tears were in his eyes
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Oh California
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Yeah, it's the one big love that you cannot end
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Oh California
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Well, it's not like before but we can still pretend
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We all still live for Friday night
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Old habits die hard when you get them right
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There's a broken dream in every grain of sand
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But it's as close as I can get to the promised land
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Oh California
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Yeah, I can see you now from the top of that hill
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Oh California
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Though many have gone I got the memories still
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Oh California
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Well, I can hear the sound of the mission bell
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Oh California
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We're one stone's throw from heaven
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I thought I'd never reach the water
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I had to cross the desert and the great divide
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Drinking only golden promises
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And white lines in my eyes
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Oh California
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Yeah, it's the one big love that you cannot end
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Oh California
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Oh California
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Well, I can't leave you now
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Oh California
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Oh California
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Colin Hay |