Tommy Hills - California's Pa**ing lyrics

CALIFORNIA'S PASSING Melody and Lyrics by Tommy Hills OH IT WAS HER LAST DECEMBER AND IT WAS HER LAST JULY WITH CALIFORNIA'S PASSING SHE SIGHED AND SAID GOODBYE WE'LL MISS HER MIGHTY REDWOODS AND WE'LL MISS HER ARBOR VINES WE'LL REMEMBER SNOWY MOUNTAINS AND THE FRAGRANCE OF HER WINES YOU WARNED US WITH YOUR FIRES YOU WARNED US WITH YOUR HEAT BUT NO ONE TOOK THE MEASURES WE CONTINUED TO DEPLETE YOU'RE BEACHES AND YOU'RE VALLEYS YOU'RE HARVEST AND YOU'RE VIEWS MUCH MORE THAN A NATIONAL TREASURE SHE BELONGED TO ME AND YOU REFRAIN: THE TUMBLE WEEDS NOW KINGS AND QUEENS WHERE ONCE THE GREEN GRASS GREW BROWN DRIED EARTH HOLDS LITTLE WORTH WHERE PATHS ONCE TOOK US THROUGH WANTING MORE WE LOST THE WAR WITH JUST OURSELVES TO BLAME THE LAST TRUCK LEFT WITH ORANGES THE LAST TRUCK LEFT IN SHAME END REFRAIN ONCE A LAND OF RIVERS ONCE A LAND OF LAKES ABUNDANT RUNNING WATERS BUT MAN MADE HIS MISTAKES WE PUMPED AND DRILLED THE EARTH WE KILLED IN OUR RELENTLESS QUEST WE TOOK OUR TIME, LEFT NOTHING BEHIND FORGETTING WE WERE GUESTS FORGIVE US NOW FOR HOW YOU DIED NEVER MEANT TO DO YOU HARM FORGIVE US EVEN WHEN WE LIED ABANDONING OUR FARMS TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE FOR A CAUSE WITH PLANS THAT WERE UNDONE THE GREED AND LIES NO WONDER WHY THIS RACE COULD NOT BE WON Refrain: OUR INVITATION VOIDED OUR STAY WITH HER REVOKED SHE FEELS THE PAIN, HOW IN HUMANE ASSAULTS WERE UNPROVOKED WANTING MORE WE LOST THE WAR WITH JUST OURSELVES TO BLAME THE LAST TRUCK LEFT WITH ORANGES THE LAST TRUCK LEFT IN SHAME END REFRAIN OH IT WAS HER LAST DECEMBER AND IT WAS HER LAST JULY WITH CALIFORNIA'S PASSING JUST TEARS LEFT IN OUR EYES WE'LL MISS HER MIGHTY REDWOODS AND WE'LL MISS HER ARBOR VINES WE'LL REMEMBER SNOWY MOUNTAINS THE FRAGRANCE OF HER WINES THE TUMBLE WEEDS NOW KINGS AND QUEENS WHERE ONCE THE GREEN GRASS GREW BROWN DRIED EARTH HOLDS LITTLE WORTH WHERE PATHS ONCE TOOK US THROUGH WANTING MORE WE LOST THE WAR WITH JUST OURSELVES TO BLAME THE LAST TRUCK LEFT WITH ORANGES THE LAST TRUCK LEFT IN SHAME THE LAST TRUCK LEFT WITH ORANGES THE LAST TRUCK LEFT IN SHAME.