Sitting in a park in Paris, FranceReading the news and it sure looks badThey won't give peace a chanceThat was just a dream some of us hadStill a lot of land to seeBut I wouldn't stay hereIt's too old and cold and settled in its ways here.Oh, but CaliforniaCalifornia, I'm coming homeI'm going to see the folks I digI'll even kiss a sunset pigCalifornia, I'm coming home.I met a redneck on a Grecian isleWho did the goat dance very wellHe gave me back my smileBut he kept my camera to sellOh the rogue, the red red rogueHe cooked good omelets and stewsAnd I might have stayed on with him thereBut my heart cried out for you, CaliforniaOh California, I'm coming homeOh make me feel good rock'n roll bandI'm your biggest fanCalifornia, I'm coming homeOh it gets so lonelyWhen you're walkingAnd the streets are full of strangersAll the news of home you readJust gives you the bluesJust gives you the bluesSo I bought me a ticketI got on a plane to SpainWent to a party down a red dirt roadThere were lots of pretty people thereReading Rolling Stone, reading VogueThey said, How long can you hang around?I said a week, maybe twoJust until my skin turns brownThen I'm going home to CaliforniaCalifornia, I'm coming homeOh will you take me as I amStrung out on another manCalifornia, I'm coming homeOh it gets so lonelyWhen you're walkingAnd the streets are full of strangersAll the news of home you readMore about the warAnd the bloody changesOh will you take me as I am?Will you take me as I am?Will you?Will you take me as I am?Take me as I am
Lyrics by Joni Mitchell
(BORN TO) TAKE THE HIGHWAY (YOU'RE SO SQUARE) BABY I DON'T CARE (You're so Square) Baby, I Don't Care A BIRD THAT WHISTLES A Case of You A CHAIR IN THE SKY A MELODY IN YOUR NAME A Strange Boy All I Want Amelia ANSWER ME, MY LOVE AT LAST Baby I Don't Care Bad Dreams BALLERINA VALERIE Banquet Banquet [Multimedia Track] Barangrill BE COOL Beautiful Big Yello Taxi Big Yellow Taxi Big Yellow Taxi (2007) Big Yellow Taxi (Double Espresso Nrg Mix) Big Yellow Taxi (Radio Mix) Big Yellow Taxi (Traffic Jam Mix) Big Yellow Taxi [DVD] Big Yellow Taxi [Friends Album Version] Big Yellow Taxi [Original a Cappella With Guitar] Big Yellow Taxi [Tribal Dub][Mix] Black Crow Blonde In The Bleachers Blue BLUE BOY Blue Motel Room BLUE ON BLUE BORDERLINE Both Sides Both Sides Now Both Sides Now [Orchestral Version, 2002] Both Sides Now [Orchestral Version] Both Sides, Now Both Sides, Now [Version] BRANDY EYES Cactus Tree CAR ON A HILL CARA'S CASTLE Carey CARNIVAL IN KENORA Chelsea Morning CHEROKEE LOUISE Chinese Café/Unchained Melody Chinese Cafe CHINESE CAFE/UNCHAINED MELODY CHINESE CAFE\/UNCHAINED MELODY Circle Game Cold Blue Steel & Sweet Fire Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire Come in from The Cold COME TO THE SUNSHINE COMES LOVE Conversation COOL WATER Cool Water (feat. Willie Nelson) COTTON AVENUE Court & Spark COURT AND SPARK Coyote DAISY SUMMER PIPER DANCIN' CLOWN Dawntreader DAY AFTER DAY DOCTOR JUNK DOG EAT DOG DON JUAN'S RECKLESS DAUGHTER DON'T GO TO STRANGERS Don't Interrupt The Sorrow DON'T WORRY 'BOUT ME Dont Leave Down to You DREAMLAND Dry Cleaner From Des Moines EASTERN RAIN Edith & The Kingpin EDITH AND THE KINGPIN Electricity ETHIOPIA FACE LIFT FICTION FOR FREE For The Roses For The Roses [Orchestra Version] Free Man in Paris Furry Sings The Blues GEMINI TWIN Gift of the Magi GO TELL THE DRUMMER MAN GOD MUST BE A BOOGIE MAN God Must Be a Boogie Man [Multimedia Track] GOOD FRIENDS Goodbye Blue Sky Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Goodbye Porkpie Hat Hana HARLEM IN HAVANA Harry's House - Centerpiece HARRY'S HOUSE-CENTERPIECE Harry's House/Centerpiece Hejira Help Me HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW How Do You Stop HOW DO YOU STOP? Hunter I DON'T KNOW WHERE I STAND I HAD A KING I THINK I UNDERSTAND I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN I WON'T CRY If If I Could If I Had A Heart If I Had a Heart [DVD] IMPOSSIBLE DREAMER In France They Kiss on Main Street JEREMY Jericho Judgement Of The Moon & Stars Judgement of The Moon & Stars Judgement of the Moon and Stars Judgement Of The Moon And Stars (Ludwig's Tune) JUST LIKE ME Just Like Me (Unreleased) JUST LIKE THIS TRAIN Ladies of The Canyon Ladies' Man LAKOTA LAST CHANCE LOST Lead Balloon Lesson In Survival Let The Wind Carry Me Little David Little Green London Bridge London Bridge Song LONDON BRIDGE SONG, THE Love LOVE (CORINTHIANS II:13) LOVE IS LIKE A BIG BRASS BAND Love or Money LOVE PUTS ON A NEW FACE LUCKY GIRL Magdalene Laundries Magic MAN FROM MARS MAN TO MAN Marcie Michael from Mountains Midnight Cowboy Song MIDNIGHT COWBOY SONG, THE MIDSUMMER MORNING MISTER BLUE MOON AT THE WINDOW MOON IN THE MIRROR Morning Morgantown My Best to You My Old Man My Secret Place Nathan La Franeer Night in The City Night Of The Iguana Night Ride Home NO APOLOGIES NOT TO BLAME NOTHING CAN BE DONE NUMBER ONE Off Night Back Street OFF NIGHT BACKSTREET One Tin Soldier One Tin Soldier Rides Away One Week Last Summer Otis & Marlena Otis & Marlena OTIS AND MARLENA Overture Overture - Cotton Avenue Overture-Cotton Avenue PAPRIKA PLAINS Passion Play Passion Play (The Story of Jesus and Zachius... th... PASSION PLAY (WHEN ALL THE SLAVES ARE FREE) Pat's Solo PEOPLE'S PARTIES POOR SAD BABY Rainy Night House Raised on Robbery Raised On Robbery [Multimedia Track] RAY'S DAD'S CADILLAC Real Good for Free Refuge Of The Roads Refuge of the Roads [Multimedia Track] Refugee of the Road River ROSES BLUE Same Situation See You Sometime Sex Kills Sex Kills [DVD] SHADES OF SCARLET CONQUERING Shades of Scarlett Conquering Shadows & Light SHADOWS AND LIGHT Shine SHINY TOYS SISOTOWBELL LANE SLOUCHING TOWARD BETHLEHEM Slouching Towards Bethlehem Slouching Towards Bethlehem [Based on a Poem by W.... Smokin' SMOKIN' (EMPTY, TRY ANOTHER) Snakes & Ladders SNAKES AND LADDERS SOLID LOVE Solid Love [Multimedia Track] Someday Soon SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY Song for Sharon Song to a Seagull Songs to Aging Children Come Stay in Touch STORMY WEATHER Strange Boy Straw - Flower Me STRAW-FLOWER ME Strong And Wrong SUNNY SUNDAY SWEET BIRD SWEET SUCKER DANCE TALK TO ME TAMING THE TIGER Taming the Tiger TAX FREE Tax-Free Tea Leaf Prophecy That Song About The Midway THE ARRANGEMENT THE BEAT OF BLACK WINGS The Beat of Black Wings [DVD] THE BOHO DANCE THE CIRCLE GAME The Crazy Cries of Love The Crazy Cries of Love The Dawntreader The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines The Fiddle & The Drum THE FIDDLE AND THE DRUM THE GALLERY THE GIFT OF THE MAGI THE HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS The Jungle Line The Last Time I Saw Richard The Magdalene Laundries The Magdelene Laundries THE ONLY JOY IN TOWN THE PIRATE OF PENANCE The Pirate of Penzance THE PRIEST THE REOCCURING DREAM The Reoccurring Dream THE SAME SITUATION THE SILKY VEILS OF ARDOR The Sire of Sorrow THE SIRE OF SORROW (JOB'S SAD SONG) The Tea Leaf Prophecy THE TEA LEAF PROPHECY (LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS) THE TENTH WORLD THE THREE GREAT STIMULANTS THE WAY IT IS The Windfall THE WINDFALL (EVERYTHING FOR NOTHING) THE WOLF THAT LIVES IN LINDSEY This Flight Tonight This Place Tiger Bones TIN ANGEL Trouble Child TURBULENT INDIGO Twisted Two Grey Rooms UNDERNEATH THE STREETLIGHT Underneath the Streetlight [Multimedia Track] Urge For Going WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND Why Do Fools Fall in Love Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Live) WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE? Why Do Fools Fall in Love? [DVD] Why Do Fools Fall in Love? [DVD][Live] Wild Things Run Fast Wild Things Run Fast [Multimedia Track] Willy WINTER LADY Woman of Heart & Mind Woman Of Heart And Mind Woodstock Woodstock [Multimedia Track] YOU DREAM FLAT TIRES You Dream Flat Tires [Multimedia Track] You Turn Me On Im A Radio You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio You're My Thrill You're So Square You're So Square Baby I Don't Care You've Changed YVETTE IN ENGLISH
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