California

We've been on the run
Driving in the sun
Looking out for #1
California here we come
Right back where we started from

Hustlers grab your guns
Your shadow weighs a ton
Driving down the 101
California here we come
Right back where we started from

California!
Here we come!

On the stereo
Listen as we go
Nothing's gonna stop me now
California here we come
Right back where we started from
Pedal to the floor
Thinkin' of the roar
Gotta get us to the show
California here we come
Right back where we started from

California!
Here we come!

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That song puts me in Santa Barbara.

I've been in Illinois for ten months, now. I miss my home.

That song screams it...

Thanks for responding to my post, by the way...I really miss California.

Looked at UCSB when I was deciding where to apply for college...beautiful campus.

Ended up going to school in DC...thought of home back in CA whenever it was snowing or raining.

I currently live near Palm Springs, CA...the summer weather sucks!

Driving down the 101...:(

:)

I'll be in Urbana

I'm applying to law school there at U of I this fall, for next fall.

<crossing my fingers>

I probably won't be on any message boards much then. Too much work.

There's always time for message boards. What department is your program in? I'm a couple of hours north here at U of C.

So I'll just say it is one of the sciences. Don't want too much info out there because it's a small world.

CALIFORNIA

Sitting in a park in Paris, France
Reading the news and it sure looks bad
They won't give peace a chance
That was just a dream some of us had
Still a lot of lands to see
But I wouldn't want to stay here
It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here
Oh, but California
California I'm coming home
I'm going to see the folks I dig
I'll even kiss a Sunset pig
California I'm coming home

I met a redneck on a Grecian isle
Who did the goat dance very well
He gave me back my smile
But he kept my camera to sell
Oh the rogue, the red red rogue
He cooked good omelettes and stews
And I might have stayed on with him there
But my heart cried out for you, California
Oh California I'm coming home
Oh make me feel good rock'n roll band
I'm your biggest fan
California, I'm coming home

CHORUS:

Oh it gets so lonely
When you're walking
And the streets are full of strangers
All the news of home you read
Just gives you the blues
Just gives you the blues

So I bought me a ticket
I caught a plane to Spain
Went to a party down a red dirt road
There were lots of pretty people there
Reading Rolling Stone, reading Vogue
They said, "How long can you hang around?"
I said "a week, maybe two,
Just until my skin turns brown
Then I'm going home to California"
California I'm coming home
Oh will you take me as I am
Strung out on another man
California I'm coming home

CHORUS:

Oh it gets so lonely
When you're walking
And the streets are full of strangers
All the news of home you read
More about the war
And the bloody changes
Oh will you take me as l am?
Will you take me as l am?
Will you?

Took the kids for play and bike riding in Golden Gate Park today, the fog rolled in at about 8:30...I'm broke as hell but life is good...

rode home down the 101...overcast until 3 pm then gorgeous with 2-4 foot waves...perfect form.