California

"California"
Written and performed by Jeanne Jolly, ASCAP, WITHJJ'SWINGSPUBLISHING

Replaying movies frame by frame
Blowing smoke rings, hoping for rain
To wash away all of the mess
And put out the fires that burn a hole in my chest
A hole in my chest

I laid my tracks in the high desert sand
Defined in stillness, now gone with the wind
Sometimes in life, you don’t get to choose the end
Oh California
Oh California

At a bar on Le Brea, I bared my soul
The bartender said, “If it were me, I’d go.
See, my father died when I was away.
There’s nothing here for you girl.
Don’t make that mistake.
Don’t make that mistake.”

That night I heard the coyotes close in
This was a battle that I couldn’t win
Sometimes in life, you don’t get to choose the end
Oh California
Oh California

Late at night, when I close my eyes
I see palm trees and twinkle lights
Sometimes in life, you don’t get your “goodbye”
Oh California
Oh California