California Here We Come

Welcome to the St. Moritz on Sunset it began
A low rent hotel now home to a young German
Hit the bottom in Nashville put that bottle down for good
Yes a brand new start for my dad in the heart of Hollywood

The next year he came back for my mom, brother and me
We hit the highway in wood paneled green Mercury Marquis
Settled down in little house in the hills of Silver Lake
Where you can beat any drum enjoy year-round sun and live through an earthquake

It’s a long, long way
For some folks when they say
California here we come

Is your family from elsewhere? Tell me whence and why they came
For the palm trees, orange groves, a job, freedom or fame?
In the land of the possible did they want to stake a claim?
There may be a difference, oh but my two cents, is we’re much the same

It’s a long, long way
For some folks when they say
California here we come

California here we come
For many a refrain
Though not to those whose land it was
Long before the name

By covered wagon, station wagon
Train and plane to find
The promise of a better life
Or people of like mind

It’s a long, long way
For some folks when they say
California here we come

It’s a long, long way
For some folks when they say
California, here we come