California

Well it's starting to get dark here in California
It's time to take my final look at these LA skies
As they shimmer with the songs
Of the fellow dreamers I've come to love
Who play their pianos and guitars every night
'Cause drifting job to job through this songbirds' urban haven
Has dimmed all the passions that keep me alive
And though I've been saved
By your friendship in a thousand little ways
The best friendships always end with a goodbye

So let's walk awhile
Upon these silent Santa Monica sands
As the moon rises over the land
Where evening's revelers have gathered to dance
In crowded bars and smoke-misted rooms
From Echo Park to West Hollywood
Feeling loved and well-understood
In the promised land of California

And when dawn returns us to the daily burdens
Human hearts all too often bear alone
May music fill the space
Between each memory time creates
And ebb like a tide from soul to soul
As we continue down our own uncharted roads

'Cause you might never waste a smile
In the city of angels
Where dreams sparkle for miles and miles
But once a dream starts to age
In the city of angels
It's the city's glow that fades

So let's walk awhile
Upon these silent Santa Monica sands
As the moon rises over the land
Where evening's revelers have gathered to dance
In crowded bars and smoke-misted rooms
From Echo Park to West Hollywood
Feeling loved and well-understood
In the promised land of California

'Cause all through the night
The charms nested in these desert skies
Fuel a passionate blaze in their eyes
A blaze I no longer could feel within mine
In this hunt for some eternal applause
As if to recover something I lost
Long before my heart bent towards
The golden shores of California