The Milk Carton Kids - California lyrics

California, California Know I love you, California When I leave I know you wait for me In the sun and in the weather no one else has loved me better California you're the place for me Los Angeles, Los Angeles My heart goes out to you and if I make it back I'd love to drive around Your streets are wide and dirty You have raised me in a hurry You're the city of the angels yes indeed San Francisco, San Francisco Always busy, you're always pretty I can see you just across the bay Your red bridge over the sea keeps me safe and warm and free On a clear day, theres no place I'd rather be In the mountains, in the mountains No one knows you like I do In summer streams or knee deep in the snow Just like the giving tree you have made a man of me Everyone needs someplace beautiful I think everyone needs someplace beautiful In the valley, in the valley Give me life and cradle me The sun is setting as I drive ahead Keep us and sustain us Give us food and love and I trust That without you we'd all soon be dead In the forest, all the trees You make a little child of me How I long to know what you have seen All the people who are gone All the ones who once were strong Oh won't you keep their fate from claiming me In the ocean, in the sea We have seen eternity How can I tell when you really end I'll imagine that you lead to other worlds entirely Where we can save ourselves and start again Yes we need to save ourselves and start again Nurse me like a mother Raise me strong just like my father Let me wander off, discover who I am I'll have learned your deepest lessons gathered up your finest blessings Return to California once again I'll come home to California once again California, California Know I love you, California When I leave I know you wait for me Cause in the sun and in the weather No one else has loved me better California you're the place for me California you're the place for me California won't you save a place for me