Stan Rogers — California

Now it's gettin' so I'm mad when someone says your name 'Cause I've had to say good-bye to friends who couldn't stay away And sometimes it felt so wrong to never want to lean on you You may stand tall, but I've got two feet too Now we talked of you in bars around a quiet beer Tell their tales of mine-gone stones where no one else can hear And later on outside, they say they're gettin' on a plane To fly away, to live in you again [Chorus] California, my friends all call you home And if you take away another, I'll be that much more alone Is it my fault that my kind are always drawn toward the sun Like a child to home whenever darkness comes? Now in a few more years, I won't remember what it was to play The music of old friends who need to live so far away But can I once taste more than waters, then forsake them for the South To feel California's ashes in my mouth [Chorus] California, my friends all call you home And if you take away another, I'll be that much more alone Is it my fault that my kind are always drawn toward the sun Like a child to home whenever darkness comes? [Chorus] Oh, California, my friends all call you home And if you take away another, I'll be that much more alone Is it my fault that my kind are always drawn toward the sun Like a child to home whenever darkness comes? Like a child going home whenever darkness comes