California, Take My Mind Again

Please don’t waste your time on me
We’ll only sit in misery
And watch the clouds as they go by
And watch the flowers grow

Well I thought I had me a shinin’ thing
It’s brilliance made my heartstrings sing
But it tarnished like a silver chain
Or like a band of gold

And I ain’t the first and I ain’t the last
To watch his time like an hourglass
I’m only waitin’ for that day
When I can climb down in my hole

But I guess I’ll move along again
Endure the world, embrace it’s spin
I never have been one to turn
And make my way back home

Oh, and I’m not the man that I used to be
Livin’ hard’s had it’s way with me
I’m on the outside lookin’ in
California, take my mind again
Scatter me in my old backyard
Show me somewhere where it ain’t so hard
But let me go when the time is right
I can’t stay here for my whole life

Black crows on the wing again
Through my window, I let ‘em in
One for every mile I’ve gone
They just keep comin’ on

And when the world returns to ash
I’ll be there to have my laugh
The procession of the noblemen
Will pass beyond my view

Oh, but I ain’t the man I used to be
Livin’ hard’s had it’s way with me
I’m on the outside lookin’ in
California, take my mind again
Scatter me in my old backyard
Show me somewhere where it ain’t so hard
But let me go when the time is right
I can’t stay here for my whole life